Ambulance Control had already contacted the Coastguard and had requested support from the air-ambulance. The Phonefind protocol was used by Team operatives to establish an accurate location for the casualty and this was passed to the Coastguard team attending the incident. Aberdyfi Team was put on standby and both the Ambulance control and Coastguard were made aware that we would call out if required. In the event, Helimed was able to land on the beach and the casualty was transported by air to further care.
Shortly after 3:00 p.m. call-handlers from the Team received a request for assistance from Ambulance Control regarding a person believed to have fallen from a coastal cliff at Tonfanau.
Ambulance Control had already contacted the Coastguard and had requested support from the air-ambulance. The Phonefind protocol was used by Team operatives to establish an accurate location for the casualty and this was passed to the Coastguard team attending the incident. Aberdyfi Team was put on standby and both the Ambulance control and Coastguard were made aware that we would call out if required. In the event, Helimed was able to land on the beach and the casualty was transported by air to further care. Just before 4:30 p.m. Team call-handlers were made aware of a female walker lost in the Cregennen lakes area above Arthog.
From around 1:00 p.m. the 63 year old woman from Caernarfon had been walking around the lakes whilst her husband waited at the car-park, but at 2:20 p.m. she phoned him to report that she was fed-up and lost. After this point, all attempts to contact her by phone went straight to answerphone. As daylight started to fade, and with concerns regarding pre-existing health issues, the husband requested help from Mountain Rescue. As Team volunteers met up with the husband at Cregennen, call-handlers finally got through on the missing woman's phone; after a long and sometimes challenging journey with neither food or water, she had made her way to Dolgellau. Somewhat shaken and anxious, the woman was otherwise safe and well, and happy to be reunited with her husband. Everyone was safely off the hill by 5:15 p.m. Shortly after 2:00 p.m. call-handlers from the Team were made aware of reports of a crag-fast man on Cader Idris.
The informant reported seeing a man in a red jacket on a ledge above Llyn y Gader, and had thought that the person was shouting for help. The call-handlers were unable to contact the informant for further details and so called-out the Team to make further investigations at the scene. Two Team volunteers were already out on the mountain and were able to quickly make contact with the informant. Knowing the mountain well, the rescuers realised that the area indicated was part of a popular climbing route, Cyfrwy Arete. Making their way over to the top of the crag, they were able to make contact with two men, one in a red jacket, who were happily enjoying and very pleasant day's climbing. The men reported having neither heard or seen anyone in distress, and it was concluded that infact these were the people who had been spotted, and that the shouting was part of their communication up and down the pitch. The call-out was concluded to be a false alarm made with good intention. |
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