Provo141 so you say that that helicopter was bought & wages of the person flying it etc is paid for by voluntary contributions? Brilliant, that person should be running the country if they can convince the general population to part with enough money to pay for choppers, helicopter pilots etc to collect the bunglers who go walking up dangerous hills & mountains. Brilliant work, although i wouldnt pay a penny. These ramblers etc need reigning in.

   In response to Mr Satisfied customer

The Air Ambulance is a charity funded entirely by VOLUNTARY contributions.

Buxton as well as the other 6 Peak District Mounain Rescue Teams are funded entirely by VOLUNTARY contributins and all are staffed by VOLUNTEERS - its a FREE service. What do you think the govt would do with this £500 levy on Outdoor Persuits give it to the Rescue Teams... I think not!

Do your homework before you start spouting nonsense, even better wind yer neck in put your hand in your pocket and give a tener to both these charities you never know when it might be YOU!

   !?!? Think it would be fair to say that nearly everything written on this page is a huge joke!

Well done to the team that helped her & wishing a speedy recovery.

   in response to RobM. Climbing is a foolhardy activity and even with precautions should have severe restrictions imposed, full private insurance and an annual climbing fee to the governement (say 500 quid) Re the other dangerous activities mentioned (eg rugby, horse riding etc) they should have the same regulations just higher premiums. Walkers in the peak district should also be reigned in. In response to the final questions, walker on a sunday, trips, needs medical correct - you have got it in one - no medical attention should be forthcoming. My proposal would either generate revenue or minimise the number of oafs who continually plague the A&E wards of this country with the injuries from their foolhardy passtimes. We are approaching a credit crunch, rising oil prices, food shortages - hard times are ahead. These people doing these crazy activities should be forced to pay the price, the state cant continually pick up the tab.

   To The Satisfied Customer -

Why are these people "fools"? I do not understand - are you proposing they are foolish for participating in a sport that you perceive to be showing a lack of sense? If so I would suggest that climbing is anything but foolish! Most climbers are complete aware of and will take all precautions to minimise risk.

Statistics show there are much more dangerous activities out there - horse riding, mountain biking, rugby, hill walking, etc.

Take a look at the Buxton Mountain Rescue web site and see that there are few climber related incidents (the majority are walker related).

So should all people involved in any activity be forced into getting private insurance? If so - what happens if an individual decides to take a nice Sunday afternoon walk in the peak district, slips, and requires medical attention - are they told they are not insured and that help will not be forth coming?

   It's disappointing when a journalist relies almost entirely for information on a freelance photographer whose fee presumably depends on how 'dramatic' the story is. Anyone who is interested in some information about the actual nature of the incident should visit http://www.ukc2.com/forums/t.php?n=299356, where people who were actually present at the time of the accident, unlike Mr Cruttenden, have contributed.

   Totally aggree with satisfied customer, these people who go out side and do things are a hazard to society. They should sit inside reading the hi fiction in the Mac Express and playing Nintendo games whilst stuffing there faces with food, but when they have a coronary from over excitemnent from reading the Macc Express or obesity we must not waste public money on sending an Ambulance for them.

   So why did she need a helicopter then? As far as i am concerned all these fools who "boundering" "rock climbing" or whatever else you want to call it should have to take out private insurance to pay for such a ridiculous expense to the tax payer.

   She was a boulderer, not a 'free climber'. She fell approximately five feet onto a flat landing and was very unlucky to injure herself at all. It was her first time climbing outside. She was no more than 100 yards from a road. She was at Newstones, not Gib Torr.

A terrible piece of journalism.