Father-and-son Peak District outing ends in injury
A mountain rescue team helped to carry the man down the hill
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A father-and-son day out in the Peak District ended in disaster when the dad suffered an ankle injury in a fall and needed help from a mountain rescue team.
The pair had been bouldering around Stanage Edge at about 17:00 BST on Saturday when the father fell from Crescent Arete above Stanage Plantation.
Edale Mountain Rescue Team attended and treated the injury before carrying the man on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance.
The team praised the son for providing first aid to his father prior to their arrival.
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