The visitors had little idea of their location or the wider geography of the area, but using phone-find technology, their position was identified and instructions were given to enable them to walk off the hill. A team volunteer ensured the pair got safely back to their car.
At around 7:40 p.m. call-handlers from the Team were made aware of two walkers lost near Aberangell.
The visitors had little idea of their location or the wider geography of the area, but using phone-find technology, their position was identified and instructions were given to enable them to walk off the hill. A team volunteer ensured the pair got safely back to their car. At around 9:40 p.m, call handlers were made aware of an overdue walker on Cader Idris.
The man had texted to say he had summited at 7:50 p.m. and his wife was concerned he had not yet returned. As initial inquiries were ongoing, the man arrived down off the mountain and the Team was stood down. At around 7:30 p.m. call handlers from the Team were made aware of a walker stranded at the summit of Cader Idris.
The 59 year old man from Neath was part of a group of 4 attempting the Welsh 3-Peaks challenge for charity by climbing Snowdon, Cader Idris and Pen y fan in a day. The man had become separated from his group earlier in the day and finding himself at the summit shelter in very poor weather, was unable to find the path down. After his friends raised the alarm at the foot of the mountain, a small party of Team volunteers was dispatched to the summit to recover the man. Having been missing for some 5 hours before the alarm was raised, and dressed in shorts, t-shirt and a light jacket, with no extra equipment, food or water, the man was cold and hungry when reached. After being provided with adequate clothing and warm drinks, he was escorted down off the mountain and was reunited with friends shortly after 1:00 a.m. Shortly before 9:00 p.m., call-handlers from the Team were made aware of a couple lost on Cader Idris.
The man and woman, both from London, were lightly equipped for a day on the mountain, and were unable to provide call-out coordinators with information about their location or starting point. The pair were uninjured, but having run out of food and water, were complaining of cold and fatigue. The woman reported feeling faint. Fortunately, the Team was able to fall-back once again on using the PhoneFind smartphone protocol to quiz the casualties' phone for location information. They were found to be located on the lower sections of the Foxes path, and were encouraged to keep moving downwards as best they could in order to keep warm, and to speed up their rescue. A party of two Team volunteers made their way up to intercept the pair, and further members followed up as they arrived. The casualties were intercepted and assessed, and were provided with food, water and warm clothing. Other Team volunteers were put on standby in case a stretcher carry was required, but in the event the pair were able to walk off the hill under their own steam. Everyone was safely off the hill shortly before midnight. |
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