Lost & Found | MREW | NWMRA | SAR Links | UK-SAR
| No. | When | Where | What | How | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |
3 Feb 2010 21:00 to 4 Feb 2010 03:30 |
Y Garn | These well equipped mountaineers had been for a long day out climbing on the Glyderau. They descended from Glyder Fawr late in the afternoon and followed their planned route to the summit of Y Garn. They looked at their intended descent route down the NE Ridge, but in low cloud and fading light felt unable to continue that way. They were unable to find an alternative route down. The initial phase of the rescue was delayed as no contact phone number had been obtained, and the Team had limited information. However, contact was eventually made, a grid reference obtained and 2 team members were deployed to escort them from the mountain. | Hillwalking | 2 |
| 8 |
30 Jan 2010 13:40 to 14:45 |
Bristly screes | A male hillwalker was ascending the snow covered Bristly Screes when he slipped and fell about 50m sustaining a chest injury. A hill party was dispatched immediately and 22 sqn requested. The casualty was located and then flown to hospital for treatment. | Hill walking | 1 |
| 7 |
30 Jan 2010 12:00 to 13:30 |
Glyder Fawr | A group of friends were ascending a snow slope when the female slipped and fell back down the slope, and in doing so injured both her ankles. One of the group went to help her and also fell injuring his ankle. 22 Squadron located the casualties, winched them aboard and flew them to hospital for treatment. A large number of troops had gathered at Base ready to support the helicopter evacuation. | Hill walking | 2 |
| 6 |
29 Jan 2010 16:10 to 22:00 |
Cwm Lloer | This pair of friends had arrived in the Nant Ffrancon about midday and decided to have a short walk on Pen yr Ole Wen. They were very experienced and well equipped. After reaching the summit they realised that the weather was deteriorating and decided to descend the East Ridge. Tragically, one of the pair slipped on ice which caused him to fall for some distance down one of the gullies into Cwm Lloer. 22 Squadron and Team members were deployed to the location to extract the informant and the casualty. Sadly, the casualty was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. | Hill walking | 1 |
| 5 |
13 Jan 2010 20:15 to 23:45 |
Aber Falls | A walker reported finding a head torch, still switched on, in the river below Aber Falls. It was in an area where several avalanches and snow slides had occurred. NWP asked the Team to investigate in case a person had been caught in the avalanche. A large search party plus 3 SARDA dogs covered all the avalanche debris plus the surrounding area but nothing was found. | Search | 0 |
| 4 |
7 Jan 2010 14:35 to 18:00 |
Ysgolion Duon | The lead climber was near the top of a route on the Black Ladders when he slipped and took a fall of about 100m, ending up below his belayer. In the fall he injured his arm and ankle and so rang for help. Whilst the Team organised a hill party and 22 Squadron were on route, the climbing pair managed to lower/abseil themselves to the bottom of the route. This allowed 22 Sqn to easily locate them and winch the injured man aboard. His friend opted to walk out and was met by 2 Team members 20 mins from the road. | Ice climbing | 1 |
| 3 |
5 Jan 2010 17:00 to 15 Jan 2010 10:00 |
Gwynedd | OVMRO Team members and the Team landrovers were used over a 10 day period to assist the Welsh Ambulance Service in snow and ice conditions. | Ambulance service assistance | 6 |
| 2 |
2 Jan 2010 17:10 to 23:35 |
Devil's Cellar | The pair set off late for the route and, at the onset of darkness, a male took a 40m fall whilst leading the second pitch of Devil’s Cellar climb. He was lowered to the snow slope by his second and then assisted by other climbers. Due to the location very close into the crags, the helicopter could not winch and so the MRT lowered the casualty about 150m down the snow slope to a winching location. The difficult weather conditions resulted in icing problems for the aircraft, which subsequently had serious problems whilst flying to hospital. This was a challenging rescue for all concerned.
 |
Ice climbing | 1 |
| 1 |
1 Jan 2010 18:10 to 20:00 |
Ysgolion Duon | Stand-by. Two climbers reported seeing lights on Eastern Gully area of the Black Ladders which suddenly went out. A Team member met with the informant for further details but it was decided to take no further action.. | Winter climbing | 1 |
There have been 9 incidents involving 15 people so far this year .
