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The new webcam system is now live and is uploading images here. We are still working on getting a reliable internet connection from base, so please bear with us if there is sometimes a delay uploading images.
We have just added a sponsorship section to the site which allows you to register and add events which you are participating in. Friends, family and members of the public can then sponsor you through the site.
The 2010 Oggie 8 Challenge will be held on Saturday 7th August. More details will be published shortly. Many thanks to all those who made the 2009 event a great success, and helped raise well over £4000 for the team. Photos and results can be seen on the Oggie 8 page.
Ogwen Valley is the most northerly of the main valleys in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, UK. The mountains that surround the valley are about 1000 metres high and the terrain varies quite considerably. We have cliffs that reach about 300-400 metres in height and are very popular with climbers. The Carneddau mountains to the north of our base at Bryn Poeth (Oggie Base) are high and open, but there is also open moorland with heather, bracken and sheep, as well as areas of dense forest and fast rivers around Capel Curig. This mixture of terrain calls for the team members to be competent in both high angle rescue work as well as open terrain search techniques.
As a rescue team we have between 60-80 callouts per year. There are approximately 50 people on the team, all volunteers, many of whom are qualified to a high standard of First Aid. We also have a number of Search Managers and Swift Water Rescue technicians. Although we are completely independent of the Police we usually work at their request; Team Members are then contacted by telephone or pager. Our usual response time to an incident is typically 20 minutes before deploying someone on to the hill and a full team callout can be effected within 30 minutes. RAF Valley has a flight of two Seaking SAR Helicopters 20 minutes' flying time away and we often work together in rescuing and searching for people.
Wednesday 3 February 2010 - Y Garn
These well equipped mountaineers had been for a long day out climbing on the Glyderau. They descended from Glyder Fawr late in the afternoon and followed their planned route to the summit of Y Garn. They looked at their intended descent route down the NE Ridge, but in low cloud and fading light felt unable to continue that way. They were unable to find an alternative route down. The initial phase of the rescue was delayed as no contact phone number had been obtained, and the Team had limited information. However, contact was eventually made, a grid reference obtained and 2 team members were deployed to escort them from the mountain.
Wed 10 February 19:00 Base
Scotland Debrief
Sat 13 February 10:00 Bryn Poeth
Sports massage
Wed 17 February 19:00 Base/on the hill
Stretcher Exercise
Wed 24 February 19:00 Base
Fatal Incident Protocol and Cameras
Fri 26 February 19:30 Bryn Poeth
Committee meeting
Sun 9 May 09:45 Bryn Poeth
Tracking Day
Sat 2 October 16:00 Tyn Y Coed, Capel Curig
333 AGM
Saturday 8 August 2009
The second annual Oggie 8 Challenge was held on August 8th. This is a very popular fundraising event held over the major peaks of our area. Why not get a team together and join in next year?
The new Oggie webcams are now in place.
Click here to see all our cameras.
Tuesday, 9th February 2010 02:25
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In an emergency dial 999 and ask for the police.
There have been 9 incidents involving 15 people so far this year, which is about one every 4 days.
Altogether there have been at least 1874 incidents involving 2977 people since 1961.
