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OVMRO Incidents

No. Details Description
54 27 Dec 2000
to
27 Dec 2000

Slopes of Glyder Fawr

1 person: Walking

Disorientated in whiteout
53 16 Dec 2000
to
16 Dec 2000

Cwm Dulyn Refuge

2 people: Self-induced illness!

Drunk and emotionally upset!
52 2 Dec 2000
to
2 Dec 2000

Foel Grach Refuge

3 people: Walking

Cold and took refuge in the refuge.
51 27 Nov 2000
to
27 Nov 2000

Castle of the Winds

2 people: Walking

#Tib/Fib
50 23 Nov 2000
to
23 Nov 2000

Path to Crafnant

1 person: Walking

Twisted ankle
49 18 Nov 2000
to
18 Nov 2000

North Ridge, Tryfan

1 person: Scrambling

Fall and multiple injuries
48 18 Nov 2000
to
18 Nov 2000

IVO Capel Curig

6 people: Walking

Search for overdue party
47 11 Nov 2000
to
11 Nov 2000

North Ridge, Tryfan

1 person: Scrambling

Knee injury
46 10 Nov 2000
to
10 Nov 2000

Fairy Glen

1 person: Canoeing

Injuried leg as canoe broke up
45 29 Oct 2000
to
29 Oct 2000

Summit Carnedd Llewelyn

2 people: Walking

Lost and cold
44 29 Oct 2000
to
29 Oct 2000

Wrinkled Slab, Tryfan

2 people: Walking

Lost route in descent, cragfast
43 26 Oct 2000
to
26 Oct 2000

Idwal

1 person: Walking

Notification for person.
42 22 Oct 2000
to
22 Oct 2000

Gully on Little Tryfan

3 people: Climbing

Rockfall, 1 Fatality
41 22 Oct 2000
to
22 Oct 2000

Grooved Arete, Tryfan

2 people: Climbing

Benighted
40 22 Oct 2000
to
22 Oct 2000

Devils Kitchen

1 person: Walking

Concussion and then fitted
39 15 Oct 2000
to
15 Oct 2000

Nor Nor Gulley, Tryfan

4 people: Scrambling

Scrambling then became cragfast
38 15 Oct 2000
to
15 Oct 2000

Milestone Buttress Path

1 person: Walking

Slipped on wet rock, dislocated finger
37 11 Oct 2000
to
11 Oct 2000

South Side of Y Garn

1 person: Walking

airlifted with medical condition
36 9 Oct 2000
to
9 Oct 2000

Idwal slabs

1 person: Climbing

Cragfast for 2 nights!
35 7 Oct 2000
to
7 Oct 2000

North Ridge Tryfan

1 person: Scrambling

Became separated from party
34 7 Oct 2000
to
7 Oct 2000

BochlwydWalking



33 30 Sep 2000
to
30 Sep 2000

Craig Yr Ysfa

1 person: Climbing

Fatal Fall
32 24 Sep 2000
to
24 Sep 2000

Thompsons Chimney, Tryfan

1 person: Climbing

# tib and fib
31 17 Sep 2000
to
17 Sep 2000

Cwm Eigau QuarryStandby



30 16 Sep 2000
to
16 Sep 2000

Ordinary Route, Idwal

8 people: Climbing

Cragfast due to darkness
29 30 Aug 2000
to
30 Aug 2000

South Summit, Tryfan

1 person: Scrambling

Tripped and cut head
28 24 Aug 2000
to
24 Aug 2000

Milestone Buttress

2 people: Scrambling

Lost!
27 9 Aug 2000
to
9 Aug 2000

Glyderau

2 people: Walking

Lost in poor weather
26 25 Jul 2000
to
25 Jul 2000

Alphabet Slabs, Glyder Fach

1 person: Climbing

# leg after 15m fall
25 15 Jul 2000
to
15 Jul 2000

Central Arete, Glyder Fawr

1 person: Climbing

Loose rock and fall, #arm and ribs
24 9 Jul 2000
to
9 Jul 2000

Cwm Eigiau

1 person: Scrambling

Severe bruising to leg
23 1 Jul 2000
to
1 Jul 2000

Tryfan, Grooved Arete

8 people: Overtaken by darkness

No injuries
22 24 Jun 2000
to
24 Jun 2000

Llwytmor, Carneddau

1 person: Walking

Re-occurrance of old injury
21 21 Jun 2000
to
21 Jun 2000

Cwm Tryfan

1 person: Walking

Twisted knee
20 10 Jun 2000
to
10 Jun 2000

Carnedd Dafydd

2 people: Overdue

Escorted to A5
19 1 Jun 2000
to
1 Jun 2000

Dolwyddelan

1 person: MFH

Assisted SARDA in search
18 29 May 2000
to
29 May 2000

Craig Yr Ysfa

2 people: Overdue

Concerned friend called out team
17 28 May 2000
to
28 May 2000

53.1174N -3.99649E

1 person: Scrambling

Suspected spinal compression
16 20 May 2000
to
20 May 2000

Tryfan, summit area

1 person: Scrambling

Lacerations to head, bruised ribs
15 14 May 2000
to
14 May 2000

Tryfan, North Ridge

1 person: Scrambling

Became separated from family
14 13 May 2000
to
13 May 2000

Tryfan

1 person: Walking

Suspect heart attack, recovered 22 Sqn
13 6 May 2000
to
6 May 2000

A5, North of Capel Curig

1 person: Fatal RTA

Requested to attend until ambulance arrival
12 1 May 2000
to
1 May 2000

Foel Goch

1 person: Cragfast

Nil, Recovered by 22 Sqn
11 30 Mar 2000
to
30 Mar 2000

Down stream of Pont Cyfyng

1 person: Canyoning

Fatal, drowned
10 13 Mar 2000
to
13 Mar 2000

Aber Falls

1 person: Slipped whilst walking

# L Ankle
9 12 Mar 2000
to
12 Mar 2000

Glyder Fawr

2 people: Lost (Standby)

8 10 Mar 2000
to
10 Mar 2000

Tryfan, North Gully

4 people: Cragfast

Abseiled off in blizzard, rope lost
7 9 Mar 2000
to
9 Mar 2000

Tryfan, Summit area

3 people: Lost

Escorted from hill once located
6 8 Mar 2000
to
8 Mar 2000

Cwm Idwal

1 person: Slipped and fell 50m

Knee/ Lacerations to scalp
5 3 Mar 2000
to
3 Mar 2000

Llysfaen Quarry

1 person: Investigation

Evidence survey following fatal accident
4 23 Feb 2000
to
23 Feb 2000

Tryfan

1 person: Lost

3 13 Feb 2000
to
13 Feb 2000

Bristly Ridge

1 person: Walking

# wrist
2 14 Jan 2000
to
14 Jan 2000

Gribin FacetShouts for help



1 3 Jan 2000
to
3 Jan 2000

Castell y Gwynt

1 person: Lost (Standby)

There were 54 incidents involving 92 people for the year 2000.


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