Curbar Edge: Rescue drama as climber airlifted to hospital after fall from cliff at Peak District beauty spot

Emergency services and Edale Mountain Rescue were deployed to deal with the incident, and pictures show the mountain rescue volunteers at the site, just a few miles from Sheffield.

An air ambulance was also sent out after the fall at Curbar Edge at around 2pm on Tuesday.

Edale Mountain Rescue said in a statement: “The team were called to a fallen climber on Curbar Edge.

“The climber was given pain relief, packaged and stretchered to a waiting helimed (air ambulance) for further medical care and transfer to hospital.

“We wish the casualty a swift and full recovery.”

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