SOS Extreme Rescues Season 2 Episode 7

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00:00This is Errori, a breathtaking part of North Wales

00:05that draws visitors in their millions.

00:09But this wild landscape can also hold dangers.

00:14And when things go wrong,

00:17the busiest network of rescue agencies in the country

00:21must come together.

00:23We found this female.

00:26Saving lives.

00:28I like it down there.

00:30In a landscape like no other.

00:34That's a proper job there.

00:49I think everyone's been lost when you're out on a walk.

00:52Everyone's been out there and not knowing exactly where they are.

00:55Having empathy for the people they rescue

00:59is a big part of what it takes to be an emergency volunteer.

01:03Come and see you soon.

01:05I like helping people.

01:07I think that's the be all and end all,

01:09and I think that's why we're all there, to give something back.

01:12Hello, mate, you all right?

01:14And being able to build connections with casualties of all ages is crucial.

01:20I want someone to go.

01:23You go.

01:24Maybe.

01:25And again, and again.

01:26Yes!

01:28These eight-year-old adventurers are the twin daughters of doctors,

01:32Mike and Laura, who visited Errori in August, along with Laura's parents.

01:38I was thoroughly looking forward to a good hill walk.

01:42Taking into consideration having two eight-year-olds,

01:45but also having the in-laws with us as well.

01:48Decided that Knicht would be a reasonable route that wasn't technically too difficult.

01:55Knicht, part of the Moyl-Winion range.

02:01It stands proud above Cungcroesor.

02:06Knicht is the perfect hill.

02:09It sits squarely right in the middle of the national park.

02:15It's a lovely walk, but it's quite exposed when you get to the upper bits.

02:20And it's quite a steep hill.

02:21It can be quite hard to navigate.

02:25By the time we had got up to the top,

02:28the weather had changed slightly by that point,

02:32and the cloud level had come down.

02:34Then we lost the track,

02:37so we had to use Daddy's phone,

02:39but then it was a touch screen,

02:41so Daddy had to keep rubbing it against Mummy's hood,

02:44and then going out again, and then said,

02:46forward, that way, that way.

02:48And then we ended up going down...

02:50The wrong path.

02:51The wrong path.

02:52The terrain they were going to have to descend was quite slippery.

03:01They'd been out for some time.

03:03The weather had completely changed.

03:05They may not all realise it,

03:07but the family is in a potentially dangerous situation.

03:11We'd been walking around for about an hour, an hour and a half,

03:17trying to get back onto the right route.

03:19But the terrain was really, really challenging.

03:22Well, you know, we'd been out since half past ten.

03:24I think it was about five o'clock.

03:26You know, we need some help.

03:28Mike's father-in-law, Barry, is adamant they need to call Mountain Rescue.

03:34But Mike isn't convinced.

03:37I'll be honest.

03:38At that point, I was being a bit stubborn,

03:40and I felt that we could just go on a bit longer.

03:43But the good thing about Barry is he's incredibly stubborn as well.

03:47He was cold, he was wet, and he was concerned.

03:50At that point, he said, I'm just going to do it.

03:57Please, emergency.

03:59We need Mountain Rescue with stock on the mountains.

04:02We know we're at 655-466.

04:05Four adults, two children.

04:08Right.

04:09She turned eight years old.

04:13The family are by the dam at Sinkum of Oil.

04:20With bad weather closing in and evening approaching,

04:25Upper Glaslin Mountain Rescue heads out to find them.

04:32There's two eight-year-olds. We can't leave them.

04:34No, no, we're heading up in the vehicle, but we're driving up.

04:37The biggest concerns are the weather

04:39and any weather-related injuries to the casualties,

04:42from exposure, hypothermia.

04:45We wanted to get there as fast as possible.

04:47The team decides to take the most direct route up,

04:51which also happens to be the steepest.

04:56How far are we from them, Tom?

04:58We're going okay, but we actually want to go a little bit higher.

05:02We were very conscious.

05:03It was at the end of the day and the light's going to go

05:05and the weather's only going to get worse.

05:07Being lost and disorientated, I felt responsible for both the in-laws

05:14and for Laura and for the children.

05:19There's six of them.

05:21Obviously the kids are going to be pirated, I think.

05:24Were you scared at all?

05:33Yes, a lot.

05:39Hello!

05:41There.

05:43Let's put that on.

05:44Careful.

05:45The team reaches the dam, where the grid coordinates put the family,

05:50but they're nowhere to be seen.

05:52They told us that they were going to hunker down behind the dam wall,

05:56so we knew they were out of the weather.

05:59Then they spot something, but it's not what they were expecting.

06:05We saw these kind of white figures,

06:08these white figures kind of moving in the mist.

06:13The quick-thinking family has used some builders' bags left at the dam

06:17to make temporary shelters.

06:21The first rule of survival is stay dry.

06:27Barry had the idea to cut some holes, essentially make some ponchos,

06:31and they really changed absolutely everything.

06:39How are you doing? You okay?

06:40Yeah, yeah, yeah.

06:41All right.

06:42Hello.

06:43Hello.

06:44How have we got? One, two, three, four, five, six.

06:45How are we doing?

06:46It kept us warm a bit, but we were still quite cold.

06:51Right.

06:52What's your name?

06:53Adelia, how are you doing? I'm Stu.

06:55Really nice to meet you.

06:56If you want to come up here, what we're going to do

06:57is we're going to get you some warm clothes, okay?

06:59Can you just hold my hand?

07:00How long have you been crouching down here for?

07:01About an hour.

07:02Right.

07:03So you may be a little bit wobbly, so you just hold my hand.

07:05I won't bite.

07:06Right.

07:07I want to do it.

07:08I'm going to give you my friend Max.

07:10With hypothermia a potential risk, the team must act fast.

07:14Just get in, assess them one by one, and get layers on them.

07:18We were still shivering and chattering, and I had like five layers on them.

07:25You look all snug as a bug in there.

07:27We could leave you guys in there.

07:28Yeah.

07:29What's your name, my darling?

07:30Arabella.

07:31That's a brilliant name.

07:32Right.

07:33If you just pop out underneath, like a little slug popping out.

07:37Oh, man.

07:38I've got you.

07:39It's all right.

07:40You hold my hand.

07:41Okay.

07:42This is Arabella.

07:43This is John.

07:44Thank you very much.

07:48It takes energy to move.

07:50It takes energy to stay warm.

07:51Yeah.

07:52Chocolate is important, especially in that situation.

07:54Oh, good.

07:55You've got the wine gums.

07:56Great.

07:57And fruit pastels and chocolate.

07:58Oh, fine.

07:59Keep eating.

08:00Keep eating.

08:01I barely even ate one.

08:02Well, I did eat one.

08:03You ate two.

08:04Hmm.

08:05I gave me the most chocolates.

08:08That's a little party going under there, isn't it?

08:10Well, there's sweets and everything.

08:13There's a war that's ready and able.

08:15Let's get them off.

08:16Let's go.

08:17Our urgency was still paramount to get them off there because it was going to be quite a walk-off as well.

08:28They need to make a plan which ensures these six very different casualties all make it down safely.

08:35Okay, so what are we going to do?

08:37Do the police guard?

08:38Do the police guard?

08:39We're doing a bit of scare.

08:41Each of us took a single person so you've got that point of contact and you've got that relationship so you can concentrate on one person.

08:48Put your hands in them.

08:50And then you keep your hands warm, okay?

08:52It just makes it easier to manage that group of casualties.

08:55Keeping hold of them and making sure that they felt comfortable walking across there, probably the windiest part, so it was unfortunate that it was the first thing they had to do.

09:05Every team member had a role to play.

09:07I'm going to hold your hand, all right?

09:09And then you can stop me from falling, yeah?

09:13Oh, is that the way it's going to work?

09:15Have you done this before?

09:17The team just put across a warmth and I think that the family hopefully felt comfortable and safe.

09:24Okay, I'm Drew, yeah?

09:26Remember that?

09:27Mm-hmm.

09:28Quite sweet following Drew and Stu holding the little girl's hands as they walked down.

09:33I had Fifi and honestly it was probably one of the nicest jobs I've ever done.

09:38That's it.

09:39If you could step straight up there.

09:41We were talking about bands and white bands.

09:44I was Taylor Swift and he was Pink.

09:47I hadn't got a clue.

09:50But I was being educated in her music taste.

09:56Sometimes you do just genuinely get yourself into a situation where you need help.

10:00If they had continued on their own because they were too embarrassed to call, then things could have gone worse.

10:06With two young people, two middle aged people and two older people,

10:10the condition of those casualties would have deteriorated overnight.

10:14I don't think they would have been able to walk off by themselves the following morning.

10:19Ten hours after setting out on their walk, the family is finally back at the roadside.

10:26Get these guys back to their car, write out the invoice.

10:31That's a joke, isn't it?

10:32Four hours.

10:33Literally, I will design it.

10:34I really can't thank the Ababaslan mountain rescue team enough.

10:41They do it with a massive smile on their face.

10:44They are just incredible.

10:46They then went to the shops and bought a whole load of goodies, which they brought to our base the following day.

10:53Anyone for more chocolate?

10:54I'm sorry.

10:55Yeah?

10:57Which was just lovely. They didn't need to do that, but it was very well received.

11:00We were eating their chocolate, so it's only fair that we put it back.

11:04It was really scary at first, but we were relieved when he saved us off the mountain.

11:09For Aruri's rescue teams, maintaining a close bond with the local community is also important.

11:30The team is really reliant on the local community.

11:33Many farmers allow us access across their land using their farm tracks.

11:39Our work does involve sometimes literally rounding sheep out of a field just so we can land a helicopter.

11:47It's a relationship that works both ways.

11:51We have rescued farmers when they've been in trouble, rescued their dogs, rescued their sheep.

11:57They know they can rely on us to help them.

12:03A call for help comes through from a farmer in Pennaw, in southern Aruri.

12:14His sheepdog, Gail, is stuck in a quarry on farmland.

12:18Aberdavie's search and rescue are called in.

12:23Sheepdogs are often expensive. They take a lot of training.

12:29For a farmer, losing a sheepdog would probably be like a carpenter losing a van load of tools.

12:34What we're worried about is that the owners will then endanger their own life by trying to climb down to rescue their own dog.

12:44That's the sort of scenario we really don't want to get into.

12:47Gail's owner, Steve, has been farming here for the last 12 years.

12:54The farm is 625 acres.

12:57It's 27 feet above sea level at the bottom and then going up to almost 2,000 feet.

13:03So you can imagine it's quite steep.

13:05You couldn't farm this terrain without sheepdogs.

13:08They'll do what 30 men couldn't do.

13:11Three-year-old Gail is one of Steve's newest recruits.

13:15She wants to please, but I think she wants to please too much.

13:20She tries her best and sometimes over the top, and over the top she went.

13:25I went to gather and some renegade sheep went up to the top of the quarry.

13:31And Gail, I thought, had followed another bunch of sheep down to the yard.

13:35When I got to the yard, she wasn't there.

13:36Went back to look, thinking she'd be waiting outside the door.

13:41Couldn't see her.

13:43And then a half an hour later, the gamekeeper had phoned to say that he could hear a dog barking.

13:50She was 60 foot down the quarry.

13:55By the time the team arrive, it's almost dark.

13:59Oh, Bob.

14:00The team assemble at the top of the quarry and set up a rope system to reach Gail.

14:06Did you want to put your handful of dog treats in here, or are you going to keep them so you can be pals with the dog too?

14:11Hello.

14:13Yeah, he's still here. He looks happy.

14:15We could see his little face kind of just poking out near the tree, but we couldn't really see the ledge he was on.

14:22Anybody there who could run up with an extra hill rope?

14:27We actually use a twin tension system, so there's two ropes that are long enough to get down to the bottom of the quarry.

14:33I see your ropes are here. You're on pink and white.

14:38Watch out for rockfall.

14:39Watch out for rockfall.

14:41That's going to be the biggest danger.

14:44That is our main concern.

14:46Dropping rocks onto people working below.

14:49Your bag, you're going to clip into here.

14:51And I hope that this dog will go in this bag.

14:54He's going to get lost.

14:56Team member Esther must abseil down to the ledge where Gail is stuck.

15:01You all right? Hello.

15:02Hello.

15:04The dog's here, so I think you want to go slightly below it.

15:08I'll be there.

15:09Oh, hi. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

15:11Go, go.

15:13It won't take long to get to the dog. It's only a few metres below.

15:17My role on the rescue is what we colloquially call the edge.

15:23I'm literally on the edge of the drop.

15:26I'm looking down on the rescuer.

15:28Looking after her ropes, making sure they're not getting cut on the edge.

15:33I might just go down like that.

15:36Yeah, thanks.

15:40Lower slow, lower slow.

15:46Just under a metre.

15:51Hello, sweetheart.

15:53Stop, stop.

15:54I'm on the ledge over.

15:59Hello, darling.

16:01Hello, sweetheart.

16:02The challenges of rescuing any animal, you don't know what the animal's going to do when your rescuer eventually arrives onto that ledge.

16:10Hey.

16:12Animals can be quite unpredictable in that scenario.

16:15It's okay, isn't it?

16:17Come on, sweetheart.

16:18It's all right.

16:20Come on, poppet.

16:21When she got onto the ledge, it was literally a matter of gaining the dog's confidence.

16:25Hello, darling. You want this?

16:27We've got a higher end snack, haven't we?

16:31I turned my torch off.

16:34I tried to be kind of calm and quiet and not be too sudden about anything.

16:39Yeah, you're interested in these, are you?

16:42Come on, then.

16:44In your pop.

16:46Come on, then.

16:48How are we going to get you in this bag?

16:50The only bargaining power I really had...

16:54Yeah, they're quite nice, actually, aren't they?

16:56...with some fairly low-grade snacks.

16:59You want to come with me? Should we go home?

17:01Come on, then.

17:03Esther manages to secure the dog.

17:08She's got a lead on.

17:12That's it. Go on.

17:14Go on, then.

17:16And coax her into the bag.

17:20But only briefly.

17:24At you.

17:27The dog's in the bag, now.

17:29Eventually, Esther's perseverance pays off.

17:34The dog's in the bag.

17:39Well done, Esther.

17:43OK.

17:44She can now be lowered to the quarry floor.

17:47Try and go straight from there.

17:48OK.

17:49Doing my best.

17:51Lower, slow.

17:54This is great. What an amazing quarry.

17:56And Gail can be released.

18:00That's it, buddy.

18:02Woo-hoo!

18:04Snap, snap.

18:05On the floor.

18:09Come on, then, you.

18:11When she came out of the bag, she just jumped on the bag.

18:13To carry on as if nothing had happened.

18:15You're not interested in dog biscuits, are you?

18:17It's all right, I won't grab you.

18:19Got a tail wagging, got a lot of attention.

18:22Probably for a working dog, got quite spoiled.

18:24This is what you wanted, though, isn't it?

18:26You just wanted that.

18:28It's a brilliant feeling that they'd been successful

18:30and everybody was safe.

18:32Where are the others? Are they all right?

18:34Oh, they're still at the top.

18:36I was expecting two people to come, or one person, and me.

18:40They sacrifice hours when they come away from work.

18:44It's very much a community.

18:46Because if everybody doesn't work together,

18:48it's not going to happen.

18:50It's an amazing cliff.

18:51Apparently 83 bolted.

18:52We're climbing, yeah.

18:55I've always looked at that quarry

18:56and wondered how amazing it would be to climb in it.

19:00And he offered us the opportunity to train there afterwards,

19:02which came from the relationship that was formed from the rescue.

19:06And now I've said that on camera, it's definitely going to happen.

19:12Happy to be not in the bag.

19:13Is there anything going to be in the bag?

19:14Is there anything going to be in the bag?

19:15Is there anything going to be in the bag?

19:22Yeah, okay, I'm from Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team.

19:24We have an incident ongoing currently on Yrwythfa Snowden, yes.

19:29The area's rescue teams are busier than ever before,

19:33and none more so than Llanberis Mountain Rescue.

19:37We've seen a big trend in incidents going up

19:39over the course of the team's existence.

19:41Where's Mobile 3 now?

19:42It must be in the stations.

19:44Means that there's a big demand on volunteers,

19:47big demand on equipment,

19:49and the running of the team as well,

19:50so behind the scenes lots of things have to happen

19:52to make sure people can go out.

19:53Are you happy to transport on stretcher,

19:56or should we be considering aircraft?

19:59And being able to call on other local teams for help

20:03can sometimes make all the difference.

20:06We will need an ambulance to meet us at Penna Pass

20:09for onward transport over.

20:11The network for rescuing people in Yrwythfa North Wales

20:14as a whole is really good.

20:16That network really relies on everyone working together.

20:23It's a cold January morning when a call for help comes in.

20:37A couple are stranded in the snow on the 900 metre high

20:41eastern ridge of Crib Goch.

20:43Llanberis Mountain Rescue team members set out to find the casualties.

20:52Who don't have the right gear to get down the snow-covered rock faces safely.

20:57The ridge itself was quite wintry.

21:00Due to the conditions underfoot,

21:02it was too snowy and icy for them to continue with the equipment they had.

21:07It will take the volunteers over an hour to reach them.

21:11But by chance, there's already another rescue team on the mountain.

21:16As it happens, very conveniently for us to have a team of RAF Mountain Rescue,

21:21and they're not far away at the moment on energy training.

21:25When you turn on the mapping system,

21:28it shows up all the mountain rescue teams that have got GPS radios across the country.

21:31So about 30 minutes away from the party.

21:35So we asked them if they would go up and find them for us.

21:38It takes the pressure off.

21:40But in these conditions,

21:42the Llanberis team still needs to get there as quickly as possible,

21:47with kit and extra volunteers to bring the casualties safely down.

21:51It looks like the RAF team are very close to the cast site at the side,

21:57and let you know when they get there.

22:00Base 732, we are on foot just above Bulkhamark.

22:07The location was hazardous because the snow hadn't consolidated.

22:11Not quite a cramp on, but not quite boots.

22:15You put your foot down and if there was a rock there, great,

22:18but if there wasn't, it would sink down or maybe just slip off.

22:22The team make their way up the mountain,

22:26swapping for more specialist kit as the conditions get more dangerous.

22:30I couldn't be honest with you, I said I just had fingertips.

22:34I've got micro spikes on.

22:36A micro spike is like a mini version of a crampon,

22:40which just gives you a bit of purchase on the ice.

22:44Meanwhile, the volunteers at base reassure the casualties that help is coming.

22:49I can see the RAF Mountain Rescue team are only about two or three minutes away from you.

22:55Our team, Canberra's Mountain Rescue, are an hour behind them with more kit.

23:00Then they spot one of the casualties with an RAF rescuer.

23:04That's got to be them down climbing there.

23:07Our party met the RAF as they were starting to descend.

23:21Hello. Are you alright? Hello.

23:25The RAF had popped some ropes on one of the casualties.

23:28How are you doing? Good, thank you.

23:31We met them and gave them some extra equipment.

23:34They had worn clothing, they had waterproofs, they had reasonable footwear on, but it wasn't necessarily reasonable for the winter conditions at the top.

23:46OK, let's get a little bit steeper here, so shall we stick you on a confidence rope?

23:50Just to get down to there. We've got some micro spikes as well, you can put in your trainers.

23:52So when they got there, they realised this and called us, which is the right thing for them to do.

23:57We'll stick a harness and a helmet on you, sir.

24:00We've got some spike bits for your feet too.

24:04I find a lot more grip now.

24:06You just follow where my feet go, roughly.

24:08And sort of zigzag your way down, this bit's going down there.

24:11Ben guides the couple down to a steep section, known as the Rock Step, where they meet the other team members.

24:21I didn't actually go up to the casualties themselves, I helped rig up at the Rock Step.

24:26You need to create the anchors to keep all the ropes safe, so you can actually put people on those ropes and lower them down.

24:33And these casualties aren't the only ones struggling in the snowy conditions.

24:44Want some more?

24:46Cool.

24:48As we were descending with the original two casualties, a few more approached our colleagues and asked for assistance in getting down.

24:56Yeah.

24:57That day you had people who were in soft trainers.

25:04Trainers are rubbish in the snow.

25:06They've not got any stiffness or edge.

25:09They won't bite into the snow.

25:10You need stiff boots, maybe your crampons on top of that.

25:14We told Face about extra people.

25:19Do you want me to?

25:22They'd all come up the Rock Step and it's hard to go up.

25:25And it's even harder to get down.

25:28Especially when you haven't got spiky things in your feet.

25:32The final pair that came through, they had jogging bottoms, hoodies on.

25:38Actually looking really cold with no plan B of how to get down safely.

25:43What's expected?

25:48With another four people needing their help, the Llanberis and area frescuers must now adapt their plan.

25:56We were prepared for two casualties and we weren't prepared to lower six.

26:00So we had to do a bit of improvisation, pulling harnesses and helmets back up the crag to lower more people down.

26:08Hold on to this.

26:09You can hold on to the ground.

26:11Let all your weight go in this.

26:13You should stop.

26:15All the weight there.

26:16But not all the casualties seem to realise what a dangerous position they're in.

26:21A number of them wanted their photo taken.

26:24Some of them were taking selfies, some of them were FaceTiming people.

26:28The drone. The drone?

26:29I said no.

26:30Where's the drone?

26:32Where?

26:34The drone flew over at one point and kept buzzing around us.

26:37It's like being in a city centre rather than the rock step on Krib Gok.

26:45You're doing really well.

26:50Stop!

26:52Stop!

26:54You alright?

26:56I can see underneath you again.

26:58That's it. Come towards me a bit as well.

27:02It was very good that the RAF were there to assist.

27:07Yeah, if he goes on next and you beside him directing them.

27:11Jack, if you want to get into this.

27:13Just go on your side and slide down.

27:17That's it. Good work.

27:19Well done. That's it. Get that other foot down.

27:21That's it. Good work. Well done.

27:23That's it. Good work.

27:24That's it. Good work.

27:27It was really helpful having more people to manage the abseiling down.

27:33One by one, they're all safely brought down.

27:40Yeah, that's the last has actually been lowered down now, have I?

27:43Yeah, that's good news.

27:45Given the nature of the ridge and the winter conditions that day, they could have got themselves into more bother and fallen and become injured.

27:54Thanks for help.

27:57Job well done. And the fact that the RAF were there that day made it considerably easier.

28:02They assume the RAF guys are going to go down with yourselves and will need the transport.

28:08Where's your vehicles?

28:10Yeah, we've just got Ben and Rachel to come and that's it then.

28:14Yeah, we'll see them coming down with the traverse and fast.

28:17OK, excellent. Yeah, that's it.

28:18You're part of the emergency services at the end of the day. It's just a team trying to get people off in the safest way possible.

28:24The end of the day is possible.

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