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1 Rescue in Snowdonia Snowdon

2 Background Snowdonia ational Park contains the tallest mountain in Wales Snowdon. The mountain measures 1085m and there are six public rights of way to the summit. There are other paths as well, the most famous leading over Crib Goch. The paths are between 3.25 miles and 5.5 miles to the summit (remember that you have to walk back down again) and rise between 713 metres and 1015m. About 375,000 people walk the paths to the summit every year. f these a small percentage - less than 1 % ask for assistance to come down the mountain. Some of these are injured, some are lost and some have mistimed their journey. Many of these make the headlines. This pack is based on the 1% and the reasons why they need assistance to get down the mountain. It contains a data file gathered by the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team, You can find more information about the team s activities by following them on and For further information regarding mountain safety and how to avoid injuries and incidents, go to Snowdonia ational Park s website More information about the footpaths can be found there as well under Visiting and Walking. How to use the pack? You will need to use our interactive map for Task 1. It would be useful for you to go over your map reading skills as well symbols, contour lines and scale. To load the map visit /education/resources. You ll find the Rescue in Snowdonia map there. Having loaded the map, you can zoom in for greater detail using the bar on the top left. Every icon shows the location of a mountain rescue incident. By clicking on the icon further details will open up. By choosing the key icon on the right hand side you can choose layers to study walking / climbing / scrambling. If you want to search for a particular location, type in SH and the grid reference into the search box located bottom right. You will need the data table at the back of the pack for Task 2. SWDIA ATIAL PARK

3 Snowdon Data what the fields mean Date: incident date. Time ; the exact time that the incident call was logged. Grid Ref; the six figure grid reference for the incident. Location; the name for that location; it can be seen on the map. Weather; a description of the weather at the time wind / precipitation cloud cover / temperature. Ground conditions; what type of path; difficult / easy / rocky / ridge. the ground was underfoot; dry/wet/slippery/ icy/snow. Cause; what caused the caller to call for assistance in the first place lost / late / agravating old injury / slipped. CRAGFAST stuck to the rock like a limpet and cannot move. Injury; which part of the body was injured if there was an injury. If there was no injury, E will be written down. Seriousness; how serious was the injury; fatal / serious / minor / none Activity; what activity was the person doing at the time. Walking/ climbing (needs rope and harness)/ scrambling (need to use your hands but no rope required). Rescue detail; how the person was brought down from the mountain. Sex; M = male F = female. Age; their age at the time. Equipment; the suitability of their equipment (rucksack, waterproofs) Good / Suitable / Poor. Where no details have been collected you will see no record / no information. When irrelevant is seen under equipment, it means that they were with a group and that the leader has the safety equipment required. SWDIA ATIAL PARK

4 Snowdon Data Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales at 1085m (height). As it is an impressive, iconic mountain about 375,000 people walk to the summit, and around 120,000 people travel to the summit by train. SPA officers monitor the use of the footpaths so that they know where maintenance work is needed in the future. Walkers are counted by pressure pads in the ground or as they go through gates and stiles. This is the data for Snowdon for It will help you to answer the questions that follow. SWDIA ATIAL PARK

5 Snowdon Data Tabl Users on Snowdon 201page 4 Rescue on Snowdon Miners PYG Rhyd Ddu Watkin Crib Goch February March April May June July August September ctober ovember December Total January Llanberis Snowdon Ranger SWDIA ATIAL PARK

6 Task 1 - Map Reading Look carefully at the location of incidents on Snowdon. You may need to zoom in on your map for greater detail. 1. Choose... Most accidents occur under 500m / over 500m 2. Why did so many incidents happen at this height? Think of the following Land form ; ridge / steep / flat / slight gradient ; rocky / rough/ wet /woodland distance taken to get there; the incidents are over...km from the start of the path. Put these together as a sentence to answer the question Most calls for help occurred at a height of m because 3. Search for grid reference SH Here the PYG Track and the Miners Path meet. Around 200,000 people walk these paths every year. There s a cluster of incidents in this grid reference. Why? Complete this writing frame using the terms above and your own words. From the east of the grid to the west of the grid the path rises from...metres to...metres over a distance of...km. This means that the land rises steeply / gradually. This part of the path is...km from the start of your journey. If you had walked to the summit and were on your way down you would have walked...km and risen..metres. Why were there so many callouts to this grid square? SWDIA ATIAL PARK

7 Task 1 - Map Reading 4. What were most leisure users doing when they got into difficulties? Walking / climbing / scrambling / running 5. Why do you think there were so many more callouts for people doing this activity? 6. Look at the incidents that are to do with scrambling. ame the location Describe the landform here Why do you think so many incidents occured here? Because SWDIA ATIAL PARK

8 Task 2; Data Analysis - making graphs by hand and interpreting them. REMEMBER a graph has to have labelled axis, a title and they look better if made using a ruler. Use the data table of incidents on Snowdon 2012 to do the tasks. 1. Line graph Draw a graph to show the number of walkers on Snowdon for every month of the year Which month is the busiest on Snowdon? Which month is the quietest on Snowdon? Can you explain this pattern? 2. Bar Graph Draw a bar graph to show the pattern of monthly incidents for Don t colour it. Which month saw most incidents? Which month saw least incidents? In which season did most incidents occur? Consider this and your first graph. Give a reason for the pattern. 3. Compound Bar chart Use your monthly incidents graph Split every monthly incident bar to show the number of males and females involved. Colour this and add a key to your graph. In which months were more females involved in incidents than males? and Suggest why more males than females are involved in incidents. Because SWDIA ATIAL PARK

9 3. Pie chart. a pie chart of the ages of those involved in incidents. Task 2: Draw Data Analysis - making graphs by and hand age interpreting group was most likely to be involved in an incident? Which and them Which age group was least likely to be involved in an incident? 4. Pie chart. Try to of explain the p Draw a pie chart the ages ofattern those_involved in incidents. Which age group was most likely to be involved in an incident? Which age group was least likely to be involved in an incident? Injuries on Snowdon 2012 Fatal Serious Minor one Ja n Fe uar br y ua ry M ar ch Ap ril M ay Ju ne Ju Au ly Se g pt ust em b er ct obe ov e r D mb ec e em r be r umber Try to explain the pattern 4. Bar chart Complete this graph to show the injuries sustained by month. 5. Bar chart Complete this graph to show the injuries sustained each month. Month Which month saw the greatest number of serious incidents? Which month saw the record greatest f serious incidents? What was the most common fornumber injuriesoduring the year? Wthe hat so was the m ost common record for injuries during year? _on Why were many incidents involving these? Search for anthe incident the map were the so many incidents involving these? Search for an incident on the map and and givewhy a reason. give a reason. 6. ptional graph 5. ptional graph Choose a suitable graphing technique to show the data cause of accident. Choose a suitable graphing technique to show the data cause Think of a series of questions about the graph that you can ask another member of your class. Think of a series of questions about the graph that you can ask another member of y class. SWDIA ATIAL PARK

10 Task 3 - A real rescue research and organising a rescue You re a member of the Llanberis Mountain Rescue team. Research their work, the type of incidents that they deal with and the type of equipment that they carry. Task 3 A real rescue research and organising a rescue You have been called to an incident in grid reference SH you can choose the You re a member of the Llanberis mountain rescue team. Research their work, the type of incident. incidents that they deal with and the type of equipment that they carry For reasons thein Snowdon Mountain Railway isn t trunning today, You hbeyond ave been cyour alled tcontrol, o an incident grid reference SH 6054 you can choose he incident. Hafod Eryri, the building at the summit is closed and the yellow helicopter can t help For reasons beyond your control, the Snowdon mountain railway isn t running today, Hafod as it s ineryri, the tlake District. he building at the summit is closed and the yellow helicopter cant help as it s in the Lake District Your task is to assist the person making the call. Your task is to assist the person making the call. You need to get the team together, make sure that you have the right kit for the weather You need to get the team together, make sure that you have the right kit for the weather in in your rucksack and the equipment needed to get the casualty off the mountain. You your rucksack and the equipment needed to get the casualty off the mountain. You need to need to organise the walk in the safest means possible for your team and the walk out organise the walk in by the safest means possible for your team and the walk out by the by the quickest route for the person being rescued. Use the following headings to help quickest route for the person being rescued. Use the following headings to help you you organise the organise the task. task. Location: SH Causes: Weather: Injury: Path: Conditions underfoot: Equipment in your rucksack: Travel time to the site * : hours Travel time from site * : hours Total time out (including time to treat the casualty) : hours umber in your team : Further comments: *Use aismiths rule - 1 hour to walk 5km (3 miles) adding 1 minute for every 10 metres uphill. *Use aismiths rule - hour to walk 5km (3 miles) adding minute for every 1metres uphill. Following the incident, writewrite a report forfor the Daily Western outlining Following the incident, a report the Daily PPost ost // W esetrn MMail ail outlining the the incidentincident and details of theof rescue. Use your imagination. and details the rescue. Use your imagination. You should also provide some mountain safety advice in the article. You should also provide some mountain safety advice in the article. SWDIA ATIAL PARK

11 ATIAL PARK SWDIA Total Total 3 Month Fatal Serious Minor January February March April May 4 June 3 July 3 August 6 September ctober 3 ovember 3 December one Cause Good Adequate Activity 15 Poor Equipment o record Weather Cragfast ther Walking Climbing Scrambling Age Darkness Slip/fall/ trip Lost Female Sex individuals Male Injuries December ovember September ctober Callouts Walkers Callouts Month January February March April May June July August

Mountain Rescue Council England & Wales. Incident Report 2003

Mountain Rescue Council England & Wales. Incident Report 2003 Mountain Rescue Council Charity No. Mountain Rescue Council & Incident Report Copyright Mountain Rescue Council (First Revision -Jun-) All enquiries please direct to: - Ged Feeney MRC Statistics Officer