Recent activity in the Ogwen Valley

29 Aug 2009
This solo walker had climbed Glyder Fawr via the Devil’s Kitchen and then traversed the Glyderau ridge. His intention was to descend the Gribin Ridge but he did not locate the top of the Gribin and carried on over Castell Y Gwynt to Glyder Fach. After a conversation with another walker he decided to descend on to the North side of Glyder Fach and contour around to the Gribin, unaware of the serious nature of the ground this would take him over. He descended further and further down the face until he was unable to go up or down. Climbers nearby advised him to remain where he was and they rang for help. Ground troops were deployed but luckily 22 squadron were able to attend and winch the walker to safety.
27 Aug 2009
A group of five DoE students reported being lost near Llyn Cowlyd and thought one of them was suffering from ‘frostbite’. The team were just returning from an earlier call-out and so were immediately deployed to both ends of Llyn Cowlyd to search for the group. Luckily, the DoE assessors had already realised they were overdue and were also looking for them. The assessors reached the group first, reported that they were able to walk unaided, and so the Team members returned to Base.
27 Aug 2009
A group of 8 family members set out to climb Moel Siabod by the East Ridge. The casualty was ahead of the main party as they approached the summit area and the cloud came down, and when they reached the summit he was nowhere to be seen. They waited a short time and then split into two groups to search two descent routes. One group reached their cars in Capel Curig and the other group finally reached Plas y Brenin after also getting lost on the way down. The weather was now very wet and windy so they alerted the Police that one member was still missing. A small group of Team members started gathering information from the group and shortly afterwards the casualty turned up at a farm in Dolwyddelan safe and well, but very wet. The various groups were reunited at their cars and sent on their way.
25 Aug 2009
The casualty had been to the summit of Carnedd Llewelyn and was returning to the car parked at Trawsbwll when, on the final slopes, she fell and twisted her ankle. Although she tried to continue with the help of her friend, it became too painful to continue so they rang for help. The Team treated her injury and she was carried the short distance to the Team vehicle.
19 Aug 2009
This family group left the Milestone carpark intending to climb Tryfan by the path they could see starting up the North Ridge. At some point on the ridge the weather deteriorated to heavy rain and strong winds, so the leader decided to head directly towards the Bochlwyd path they had seen from above. Unfortunately, this led them on to steeper ground until they ended up totally stuck in Y Gully where the leader also sustained a 5m tumbling fall. One team member was quickly on scene and secured the group. 22 squadron made several attempts to reach the party but were beaten by the atrocious weather. The leader was extracted by ropes and then by helicopter, and the children were led back up the mountain to safe ground before being escorted back to Oggie Base.
9 Aug 2009
The casualty slipped on a steep slope, injuring his ankle, about 100m above the A5 in the Nant Ffrancon. When he dialled 999 an ambulance was tasked to attend the incident. The crew climbed up to his location but soon realised they could not evacuate him so requested the help of the Team. The team splinted and packaged the casualty and then used a back rope to protect the carry of the stretcher to the waiting ambulance.
27 Jul 2009
A man and his dog set out to ascend Tryfan via the Heather Terrace. At some point he strayed from the Terrace, climbed up to the North Ridge and then ended up well and truly stuck on difficult ground on the West Face, with a minor ankle injury. The location given to the team suggested a straightforward rescue, however it took some time for the hill troops to find the casualty and he was on far more serious ground then originally thought. At this point 22 Sqn were called in to assist. This went well until the dog escaped from the winching bag, so the casualty was airlifted back to Oggie Base whilst the winchman used his charms on the dog. By this time, the hill party had set up a rope system and joined the winchman allowing him to return to the aircraft and the dog to be led off the mountain. Owner and dog happily reunited at Oggie Base!

For more details of all the incidents todate go to http://www.ogwen-rescue.org.uk/incidents/incidents.php or why not see them plotted on the map at http://www.ogwen-rescue.org.uk/incident_maps/map.php?year_select=2009
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