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OVMRO Incidents

No. Details Description
24 27 Oct 2001
to
27 Oct 2001

Idwal Slabs

1 person: Climbing

Fell 10m on walk off, held by arm in crack, # left ankle, suspect # right arm, head injuries
23 27 Oct 2001
to
27 Oct 2001

Bristly Ridge, Glyder Fach

1 person: Scrambling

Fell 60m whilst descending ridge, head injuries
22 25 Oct 2001
to
25 Oct 2001

Foel Fras

1 person: Walking

Blown over in high winds, #patella
21 30 Sep 2001
to
30 Sep 2001

NorNor Gully, East Face of Tryfan

1 person: Scrambling

Slipped and fell 15m, escorted from hill
20 29 Sep 2001
to
29 Sep 2001

Knights Move, Grooved Arete, Tryfan

2 people: Climbing

Cragfast after minor fall. Party airlifted in and roped couple to safe ground.
19 29 Sep 2001
to
29 Sep 2001

Cleft Gully, West Face of Tryfan

2 people: Scrambling

Twisted ankle and cragfast, recovered by 22 Sqn
18 15 Sep 2001
to
15 Sep 2001

North Ridge Tryfan

1 person: Scrambling

Slipped with tumbling fall of 10m, head injuries
17 9 Sep 2001
to
9 Sep 2001

Gallt y Ogof

1 person: Walking

Stretched knee ligaments whilst walking
16 8 Sep 2001
to
8 Sep 2001

Idwal Slabs, Cwm Idwal

1 person: Climbing

Fatal - fall of 100m+ whilst soloing
15 5 Aug 2001
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5 Aug 2001

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14 5 Aug 2001
to
5 Aug 2001

Western Gully, Tryfan

1 person: Walking

Slipped whilst walking and injured left knee
13 30 Jul 2001
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30 Jul 2001

Eastern Traverse, Tryfan

1 person: Scrambling

Injured and recovered by aircraft
12 29 Jul 2001
to
29 Jul 2001

Arete Climb, Tryfan

2 people: Climbing

Cragfast - lifted to Oggi Base
11 28 Jul 2001
to
28 Jul 2001

Craig yr Ysfa

2 people: Climbing

Head injuries, airlifted to Ysbyty Gwynedd
10 28 Jul 2001
to
28 Jul 2001

North Ridge Tryfan

2 people: Scrambling

Last path whilst descending and became cragfast
9 16 Jun 2001
to
16 Jun 2001

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8 3 Jun 2001
to
3 Jun 2001

Gwern Gof Uchaf

1 person: Walking

Re-occurrence of old back injury
7 3 Jun 2001
to
3 Jun 2001

South Ridge Tryfan

1 person: Walking

Foot injury - unable to walk
6 28 May 2001
to
28 May 2001

Tryfan summit

1 person: Walking

Dislocated left shoulder
5 12 May 2001
to
12 May 2001

Grooved Arete, E face Tryfan

1 person: Climbing

Dislocated Knee-cap
4 19 Jan 2001
to
19 Jan 2001

Milestone Buttress, Tryfan

1 person: Climbing

Dislocated right shoulder
3 14 Jan 2001
to
14 Jan 2001

Moel Siabod

1 person: Walking

Fractured Tib&Fib
2 13 Jan 2001
to
13 Jan 2001

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1 10 Jan 2001
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10 Jan 2001

Col Gully, Glyder Fach

4 people: Walking

Depressed Skull Fracture

There were 24 incidents involving 29 people for the year 2001.


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