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A large group of walkers were ascending Tryfan via the north ridge when one of the group suffered a dislocated knee, they were able to relocate the joint but were in pain and unable to continue so called for assistance. A rope rescue course was running at base with members from OVMRO, Aberdyfi, Aberglaslyn and RAF MRT teams all deployed to the hill. The cas was located, assessed and following analgesia it was determined they could be lowered, with assistance, on their own feet. A multi-pitch TRR lower was rigged to retrieve the walker down steep ground and on to the main descent path back to the road.

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Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation

We rescue day & night, throughout the year

Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation (OVMRO), or Sefydliad Achub Mynydd Dyffryn Ogwen as we are known in the native Welsh language, is a voluntary mountain rescue team responding to incidents in the mountains and valleys surrounding the Ogwen Valley, Glyderau, and Carneddau mountain ranges and surrounding area in northern Eryri (Snowdonia). We are on-call 24 hours a day, throughout the year.

Our team is made up entirely of volunteers who have a wide variety of day jobs. Team members are all mountaineers with vast local knowledge and first aid training. Many have expertise in casualty care, advanced first aid, emergency driving, and swift water rescue.

Fundraising events in the local community

We are all proud of the voluntary tradition of the mountain search and rescue service. We are a registered charity and rely on donations to run our life-saving public service. There is much work to be done in raising funds to support the work we do. Annual running costs are in the region of £115,000.

We also get called out to assist a variety of animal incidents. These range from assisting local farmers with sheep stuck on a mountain ledge, to pets unable to find their way to safety but also to the more obscure and unusual parrots and horses stuck in ditches!