The team received reports of a dog missing for about 1 hour at around 2:00 p.m. on Fri  31st April. The owners and members of the public were searching the area and it was felt that, without a clear target or evidence that the people helping in the search were at risk, that there was nothing the Team could offer at that point.

The search by the owners and well-wishers continued until darkness, and there were plans for it to resume the next morning. Concerns were raised by team members involved in the public search, that searchers were repeatedly drifting into areas of hazardous quarry workings close to the place where Charlie was last seen. As such, it was decided to deploy a small technical rope work team on the morning of Sat 1st May to search the workings in the hope that a negative result would then dissuade members of the public from trying in the same area.

A group of six of our Rope Technicians spent four hours examining the workings, gaining such access as was required to cover any blind spots hidden from the lip of the quarry. No evidence of Charlie was found.

Shortly after 7:00 p.m. call-handlers from the Team were requested to assist a Welsh Ambulance Service crew evacuate a casualty from Cader Idris.

The woman had set out on the mountain alone, but had joined other walkers along the way. On her descent from Mynydd Moel she slipped and badly twisted her ankle; an injury leaving her unable to walk. Some of the group of walkers stayed with the casualty whist others made their way off the mountain to raise the alarm.

A Welsh Ambulance Service crew had made their way up the Minffordd steps to reach the injured woman and the injury was splinted and pain relief was being administered as Team volunteers arrived on scene. Given the difficulties of moving a stretcher down the steps, along with the rapidly failing daylight, a request was made for the assistance of the Coastguard helicopter R936. The aircraft request was granted, but shortly afterwards it was tasked to a higher priority incident, and so Team volunteers began to prepare for the stretcher carry off the mountain. The situation changed once again, and the aircraft was re-tasked to this rescue and arrived on scene shortly afterwards. The casualty was winched aboard and flown to Ysbyty Gwynedd for further assessment and treatment. Everyone was safely off the hill by 10:00 p.m.