Edale team rescues climber with broken leg
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Edale Mountain Rescue Team helped rescue a climber who had fallen and broken his leg at Stanage Edge, near Hathersage, on Sunday.
Team members administered pain relief and a splint to the male casualty, who had sustained an open fracture to his lower leg, before carrying him down to Hooks Carr. He was then airlifted to hospital in Sheffield.