Stamina in the mist

Great run out after work, the Peak District was super misty this afternoon. 

Started on the Street in the Goyt valley up and over Foxlow edge into Erwood then back round and down, great stamina run.

Great training for callouts.

Looking back @ the goods

Looking back at Whitegoods 2013 meet, great day out with some amazing climbing going on.

http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=68553

Great climbing, me second in from the left making the move out onto Jazz M8.

Roll on November.

Winter is knocking

St Bees

St Bees

Seathwaite Cumbria

Naddle Valley

Naddle Valley

Seathwaite

Borrowdale Cumbria.

White Peak calling

Great job well done in Ricklow Dale Monyash yesterday. Lesson to be learned, make mental note. Do not jump over stone walls with barbed wire on top.

A very lucky lady received help from Buxton MRT in a fast response, snatch job to be precise. A snatch is a known casualty location with medical or truama complications.

This lady jumped the wall and caught her foot in the wire resulting in a nasty ground fall, impacting her lower  back. A nasty crack sound was heard and instant pain.

Super paking spot, but a bit dangerous with the fast moving traffic.

Casualty site from the air.

Getting ready for the long stretcher carry off to the road.

Over the wall and were off to an awaiting ambulance.

Casualty in the corner of the field near Ringham Low.

All ends well with the cass of to Chesterfield A&E.

Flagshare

Flagshare is a great way to raise some money and have a bit of fun at the same time.

Misty Cloughs

Sitting on Rushup Edge waiting for Tom to arrive, weathers very dismal and grey. Lots of DofE in the distance coming down off Chaple Gate track, like little drowned rats dressed in orange maccs.

Parked at Tipps car park, not many spaces left. Kit change, boots on and were off up to Upper Booth to join the track into Crowden Clough.

Super walk in over the river, lots of people in the beck gorge walking. Into the Clough now heading up to the water falls.

Looks inviting, plenty of water in the brook.

Tom and John at the bad step just before we head on up into the brook.

Bad step negotiated and it off up the side of the Clough and into the moors for a bit of navigation training.

One last look before we head on in to the awaiting mist, blanket mist down to floor level.

Making our way from Crowden Head to Kinder gates had to be performed via leap frogging. New technique for Tom and a re cap for John. All went well, tom found a new skill in handling fog and john made a super marker post dressed all in black (ninja)

Of course all the navigation was performed with map and compass, I used the OS mapping on the IPhone to show the bigger picture of the progress the guys were making, super tool but never to be used as a stand alone system.

So another great day in the Peak District.