Brecon Mountain Rescue Team endured a busy weekend as they were called into action for three incidents on Sunday.
One of the calls was for a man who had slipped whilst out on a walk and injured his ankle. A paramedic, who is a Brecon MRT member, treated the man before he was stretchered off to a Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust ambulance.
Whilst on their way to the first casualty on Sunday, a second call came in for a man in the Sennybridge area, who had a suspected dislocated or fractured arm.
Some of the mountain rescuers were redirected to attend to the man, who was treated at the scene. before being tended to by the ambulance service.
Just as the team were cleaning the vehicles and putting them away, the mountain rescuers were then called out for a third time to assist a lady. The lady, needed assistance in the Pen y Fan area, due to a medical condition that prevented her from walking easily.
A Brecon MRT spokesperson posted about the callout to the team’s facebook page.
They said: “A big thank you goes to two walkers who were on their way up the mountain who then changed their plans to assist the lady down.
“She was then assessed by the team doctor in the car park and provided pain relief. They were able to make their own way home.”
After the team’s busy day of call-outs, a spokesperson posted to their Facebook page: “We wish all our casualties a quick recovery.”
Central Beacons Mountain rescuers were called out to the Neuadd Valley Area of the Brecon Beacons to assist three female walkers who were lost on Friday, January 28. The mountain rescuers were called out by Dyfed-Powys Police to help.
The walkers found themselves lost after reaching the summit of Pen y Fan and taking a different path on their way down. As it was becoming dark, the walkers made the call for help. They were thankfully high enough in the valley to have a phone signal and with the use of Phone Find technology, the team were confident in locating the walkers.
A spokesperson for Central Beacons MRT posted the following on their Facebook page: “We’re grateful to our Search and Rescue Dog Association South Wales friends with whom we had a search dog & handler at our control point in readiness to help search.
“Our 4x4 response vehicles and his teams on foot were deployed onto the Neuadd ‘Gap’ track and in low cloud, driving rain and cold wind we were soon with the ladies. A check over to make sure they were uninjured, albeit very cold, it was then a careful walk off to the road from where we reunited them to their car.
“At 10pm we were back to our base sorting the vehicles and kit ready for the next time, before starting our journeys home.”