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Callouts	33	People	45
Date	Location	No	Activity	Injury
01/01	Top Of Idwal Slabs	2M	Climbing	Late start. Slow progress on Ordinary Route, rocks covered in snow and ice. Benighted at the top. Climbing in pumps. 1 frostbite. 1 hypothermia
03/01	Devils kitchen	9+	Walking	Late start. Slowed down by children. Party in difficulty becuase of frozen ground conditions. Escorted to safety. Only 5 ice axes. Children as young as 5 years in party
23/01	Gully & Slab. Gribin facet	1M	Climbing	Leader Fall. Six fractured ribs
23/01	Near Milestone buttress	1M	Abseiling	Knot in tape sling worked loose. Fell whilst abseiling. Head injuries
06/02	Milestone buttress	1M	Climbing	Casualty landed badly from short jump. Treated by Doctor and told to walk down. Sprained ankle
07/02	Cwm Idwal	1M	Walking	Slipped walking down path and landed badly. fractured Tib. & Fib.
20/02	Milestone Buttress	1M	Scrambling	Stuck in the dark, no knowledge, no torch. Collected and escorted to safety. Unhurt
27/02	Little Gully Wall. Milestone Buttress	1M	Climbing	Slipped on wet rock. fractured right ankle
27/02	Miners/Pyg Track. Snowdon	1F	Walking	Slipped on snow. Head injuries & fractured jaw
14/03	Scree to East of Bristley Ridge	2M	Scrambling	Slipped on snow covered scree. 1 fatal. 1 lacerated knee
28/03	Base of Idwal Slabs	1M	Abseiling	Abseil rope rolled off flake. Fell about 150'. Compound fractured femur, head and abdomen injuries
28/03	Bwlch Tryfan	1M	Walking	Slipped on greasy rock. Twisted knee
03/04	Cwm Bochlwyd	1M	Walking	Boy ran on ahead. Slkipped whilst climbing on boulders. Bleeding from mouth
07/04	Near Bochlwyd Buttress	1M	Walking	Slipped off steep, rocky ground. Probably the result of wearing smooth soled shoes. Fractured lower right leg
01/05	Base of Gribin Ridge	1M	Walking	Slipped on grass. Casualty walked down after treatment. Hard luck. Slight scalp wound
15/05	Galt yr Ogof	1M	Scrambling	Casualty hit in face by falling rock. lacerated face
16/05	Direct Route. Milestone Buttress	1M	Climbing	Fell whilst leading, caught ankle. Fractured right Fibula
30/05	Bwlch Tryfan	1F	Walking	Evacuation started by party on rope stretcher. Exhaustion
01/06	South Gully. Tryfan East face	1M	Scrambling	Frightened - Stuck. Uninjured
02/06	South Gully. Devils Kitchen	1M	Walking	Boy raced ahead of the party. Lost path and fell down gully. Poorly lead party. Fatal
03/06	Cwm Bochlwyd	1F	Walking	Separated from party. Having difficulty in finding way down. Uninjured
09/06	Foel Grach Shelter	1M	Walking	Collapsed from hypothermia
12/06	Tal y Fan	1M	Local incident	Search for aircraft. Fatal
19/06	Bwlch Cwm y Llan	1F	Walking	Slipped whilst walking. fractured ankle
02/07	West of Tryfan	1M	Walking	Slipped on wet rock. Concussion
14/07	Foel Grach Shelter	3M	Walking	Heat exhaustion. Too strenuous a route for the day
12/09	Miners/Pyg Track. Snowdon	1M	Walking	Collapsed Heart Attack. Fatal
02/10	Devils Kitchen	1M	Walking	Climbing solo in gully and fell. Pelvis and complicated fractured leg
09/10	Nor nor Gully. Tryfan East face	1F	Scrambling	Hit by rocks knocked off by companions. Chipped spinal process and ankle
16/10	Miners/Pyg Track. Snowdon	1M	Walking	Slipped on greasy rock whilst walking. fractured left tibia.
20/11	Between A5 and Bochlwyd Buttress	1M	Walking	Victim collapsed from wet and cold. If he had been wearing adequate clothing he may have lived. Fatal
21/11	Crib y Ddysgl	1M	Walking	Short search required. Walked down with assistance. Hypothermia.
04/12	Idwal Slabs	1M	Walking	Party stuck on climb after dark. Met by team as they descended. uninjured.