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medical emergency, hypothermia, exhaustion, knee injury Snowdonia
Moel Siabod, Carneddau, Pen yr Ole Wen, Nant Ffrancon, Braich Ty Du
Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue responded to four callouts over the bank holiday weekend. The incidents included a medical emergency on Moel Siabod requiring helicopter evacuation, two hypothermia cases on the Carneddau who were able to walk down, a 67-year-old man requiring stretcher evacuation and helicopter winch-out from difficult terrain near the A5, and a knee injury on Moel Siabod requiring helicopter evacuation. A main road was temporarily closed during one rescue due to the risk of falling rocks.
Outcome: four casualties evacuated by helicopter and stretcher, one group walked down with assistance
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