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Callouts	68	People	91 + 2 DOGS
Date	Location	Number	Activity	Injury / Notes
04/01	Druids Circle above Penmaenmawr	1M	Sledging	Possible fracture of ankle
04/01	Pen yr Ole Wen	1M/1F	Walking	Lost. Adequate equipment
05/01	North side of Drum. Carneddau	1M	Walking	Torn ligament of knee. Team on standby
05/01	Tryfan. West face	1M/1F	Scrambling	Cragfast
11/01	Summit Glyder Fawr	1M	Walking	Heart attack. Fatal
11/01	Conwy mountain	1F	Walking	Damaged leg in slip
25/01	Pen yr Ole Wen	0	?	Report of lights.
02/02	Conwy falls	1M	Canoeing	Missed breakout. Bruising. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn.
03/02	Cwm Idwal stream	2M	Walking	Stuck on steep frozen ground
13/02	Cwn Cneifion	2M	Walking	Cragfast. Good equipment
24-25/02	Snowdon massive	1M	Walking	Called for help on mobile. Found on 25. Fatal
27/02	Tryfan. West face	1M	Walking	Party of 2 split. One became cragfast.
08/03	Tryfan. West face. Y Gully	3M	Walking	Cragfast. Poor route finding and map reading
15/03	Grooved Arete. Tryfan East Face	2M/1F	Climbing	Slow on route. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn.
16/03	Braich Ty Du	1M	Scrambling	Fall. Fatal
18/03	Tryfan. NW Flank	1F	Scrambling	Cragfast. Cold. Embarrassed
20/03	Glyder Fawr. Southern slopes	1M	Walking	Cragfast/Lost. Extracted by passing party
06/04	Bristly Ridge	1M	Climbing	Head and arm injuries. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn.
06/04	Tryfan. North Ridge	1M/1F	Scrambling	Thought they were on Snowdon ! Walked off by team
18/04	1st Pinnacle Rib. Tryfan East Face	1M	Climbing	Fractured ankle. Slipped on 'Yellow Slab'.Evacuated by 22 Sqdn.
20/04	Carnedd y Filiast Slabs	1M	Climbing	Collapsed hitting face on rock. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn.
03/05	Milestone Buttress. Tryfan	2M	Scrambling	Cragfast.
03/05	Carneddau	5F	D of E	Weather deteriorated during day. Found 200m from A5. Cold but safe
04/05	Moel Siabod	1M	Walking	Slipped injuring ankle. Rest of party walked off to get help. Casualty walked himself off just behind informants.
11/05	Glyderau & Snowdon	1M	Walking	Found on Crib Goch. Fatal
17/05	Carnedd Llewelyn	1M	Walking	Painfull knee. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn.
24/05	Moel Siabod	1F	Walking	Sank into deep mud. Fell forward damaging knee. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn.
07/06	Bristly Ridge	1M	Scrambling	Was told to wait at Bwlch Tryfan for his party as they ascended the Ridge. Went to get some water and rest of party could not find him at the Bwlch (!) or at the road when they got down. He was later found being escorted down by some climbers. No injuries.
12/06	South Summit Tryfan	1M	Walking	Fell short distance descending from Tryfan possibly loosing consciousness. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn.
14/06	Llyn Bochlwyd to Idwal path	1M	Walking	Slipped about 6m. Assisted by his companion and met by team.
14/06	Nameless Cwm			Full details not available
20/06	Tryfan West face	1M	Scrambling	He was left to wait whilst rest of party went on to summit. Wandered onto West Face and became stuck. No injuries
22/06	Glyder Fach	1M	Walking	Foot went between rocks and he slipped (assisted by his 18 stone) bruising foot. Team carried him to Cwm Tryfan where 22 Sqdn. evacuated him
28/06	NE Ridge. Moel Siabod	1F	Walking	Casualty twisted ankle and heard a 'crack'. Carry out was interrupted by 22 Sqdn.
29/06	Grooved Arete. Tryfan	1M	Climbing	Fell whilst placing runner. Unconscious hanging upside down. Righted by other climbers and evacuated by team. Partner returned to London via train. Motorbike returned to London by AA.
10/07	East Summit. Glyder Fawr	1M	Flying	Light aircraft crash. Head, facial, chest and spinal injuries.
27/07	South Summit. Tryfan	1	Walking	Slipped and fell sustaining head injury requiring stitching. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn.
03/08	Henryd near Conwy	1M	Missing	Found safe and well. No injuries
09/08	Pen yr Ole Wen	DOG	Walking	Heat exhaustion. Despite water being carried up by team she could not be persuaded to walk down on her own. Carried quite happily on the stretcher. Made full recovery
18/08	Aber Falls	1M	Walking	Slipped injuring knee.
22/08	Upper section of Idwal Slabs walkoff	2M	Climbing	New to multipitch climbing. Became benighted. Walked off by team.
24/08	Amphitheatre Buttress	1M	Climbing	Finishing the route he dislocated his shoulder. Companions did well to get him a fair way down towards Fynnon Llugwy where he was met by team. A valiant effort.
25/08	Aber Falls	1F	Walking	Slipped lacerating legs. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn. Police and Ambulance vehicles had to be extracted from behind locked gate.
30/08	Heather Terrace	1F	Walking	Slipped on wet rock. Fractured wrist. Walked down by team.
30/08	North Ridge. Tryfan	1F	Walking	Slipped on wet rock. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn. before team reached her. Injuries unknown
31/08	Craig yr Isfa	1F	Walking	Phoned saying she was lost near the top of the crag. She met with a group who brought her down.
09/09	Ochre Mines. Geirionydd	1M	Caving	Walked into adit and fell 6m down shaft dislocating shoulder..
11/09	Tryfan West Face	2F	Scrambling	Took (wrong) directions from another climber and wandered onto west face. Would have made it down without advice. No injuries
17/09	Tryfan	1M	Walking	Slipped and fell 35m down gully. Wearing trainers. Suspected spinal injury later downgraded to severe bruising. Eventually evacuated by 22Sqdn. when weather cleared.
20/09	Tryfan South Ridge	1M	Walking	Slipped and damaged ankle. Tried to carry on but slipped again. Severely sprained ankle. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn.
04/10	Cwm Cneifion	1M	Walking	Slipped on steep ground. Own party tried to evacuate him but too painful. Severe bruising to leg
12/10	Penmaenbach	1F	Walking	Slipped on wet ground. Ambulance could not evacuate so team called. Injury to right ankle
19/10	Tryfan North Tower	1F	Scrambling	Fell near North Tower. Fractured ankle and concussion. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn.
22/10	Ffynnon Caseg. Carneddau	1F	Camping	Vomiting, unable to walk without support and complaining of cold. 22 Sqdn. snatched her as clag lifted. Rest of party escorted down by team
22/10	Cwm Idwal	1F	Walking	Slipped in area of Idwal Stream sustaining Potts fracture of ankle. 22 Sqdn were on way back to Valley after last job but returned to evacuate her.
22/10	Bristly Ridge. Glyder Fach	9	Scrambling	Went to attempt the ridge very poorly equipped. Called for help on mobile 'phone but had to wait until last job completed as they had no injuries. By then they had evacuated themselves.
08/11	Tryfan East Face		Standby	Overdue party on Grooved Arete. No injuries. Evacuated themselves.
15/11	Moel Siabod	1M	Scrambling	Slipped 7m sustaining serious head and face injuries. Evacuated by 22 Sqdn. in dark and poor weather conditions
15/11	Yr Elen. Carneddau	2M 1 Dog	Walking	Became disorientated in thick mist. Located by RAF party in thick mist. Picked up by 22 Sqdn. below mist and escorted to Oggi Base. Very embarrassed as one was chairman of his mountaineering club.
18/11	Glyders above Plas-y-Brenin	3M	Walking	Original message was for 'A young lad distressed after a hard day'. This amused them as the average age was 60. Darkness overtook them and with no torch, in a boulder field, aching limbs and common sense they called 999. Escorted off hill by team members in driving rain and high winds.
22/11	'Northern Snowdonia'			Mobile 'phone call to police saying somebody was stuck in a cave somewhere in Northern Snowdonia. After Police enquiries no further action taken.
29/11	Llyn Elsi. Betws-y-Coed		Search	RAF party heard shouts for help and banging. Search identified an almost deaf man who had been calling his dog and had not heard RAF shouting.
12/12	Pen yr Ole Wen	1M	Walking	Tumbling fall of 30m. Lower leg, trunk and head injuries. Evacuated to below cloud base by team where 22 Sqdn. picked them up.
14/12	Aber Falls	2F	Walking	Poor navigation and they became benighted. Found by team and slowly evacuated. Promised not to go on to hill without torch, compass, map etc, etc.
20/12	Glyder Fawr area	2M	Walking	Phoned to say they were lost. Located by a team member who was on the hill at the time. Walked out to Pen y Gwryd
26-27/12	Malltraeth Area. Ynys Mon	1F	Walking	Fatal. Disappeared whilst walking home from pub. Found by police divers.
27/12	Idwal Slabs	2M	Climbing	Lost walkoff path and became cold and tired. Called for help. Walked out by team members from above Suicide Wall.
31/12	Cwm Bochlwyd	2M	Camping	Called for help when their tent was destroyed by high winds. Found own way down after talking to team.