Rescues Tarquin has attended

Monday 1 March 2021

Where
Shakehole - Foxhole, Blaen Rhymney
Incident
Lost dogs, who had run off into an animal den the day before.
Standby
13:00
Callout
13:00
Out
18:05 2 March 2021

Duties

  1. On-site by 15:45
  2. Removal of boulders blocking entrance
  3. 3 separate digging sessions of under 30 minutes each
  4. Taking records of dig site
  5. Site left by 18:30
  6. On-site by 10:20 2 March 2021
  7. 5 separate digging sessions of 30 minutes each
  8. Digging surface shaft
  9. Site left at 18:05, with first dog visible

First dog retrieved 3 March 2021 at 14:50. Search for second dog called off on 4 March 2021 due to passages being far too tight and needing too many days to enlarge. Second dog found 2 weeks later in a valley several km away. Kept in animal shelter and returned to owners 6 days later.

Saturday 8 February 2020

Where
Daren Cilau
Incident
Overdue party, BSCC and KUCC, after a diabetic incident slowed their progress.
Standby
23:15
Callout
23:15
Out
04:30 9 February 2020

Duties

  1. Underground Daren Cilau entrance 01:00 9 February 2020
  2. Failed comms stop at end of crawl
  3. Searching main through trip route
  4. Missing party located by the Ogof Cnwc team at the end of Antler Passage
  5. Missing party reached by Daren Cilau team at Price's Prophecy
  6. Out before 04:00, total through trip time approximately 2:45

Tuesday 28 January 2020

Where
Cystanog Lead Mines
Incident
Missing person search for non-caver.
Standby
14:30
Callout
14:30
Out
18:30

Duties

  1. Advising control team of potential search area and supplying surveys
  2. Searching engine shaft 17:05 - 17:20
  3. Underground in Penlan Level 2 17:30
  4. Rigging and searching base of shaft
  5. Out 17:55
  6. Searching filled shaft side hole 18:00
  7. Out 18:05

Sunday 17 February 2008

Where
Agen Allwedd
Incident
Overdue WSG party on clockwise Grand Circle, one with pulled hamstring (still mobile) since end of Southern Stream Passage. Slow progress and problems route finding causing fatigue.
Standby
01:45
Callout
01:45
Out
05:15

Duties

  1. Underground 03:55
  2. Successful advance search party
  3. Heading off other search parties and calling off search
  4. Sherpa-ing
  5. Out 05:15

Sunday 29 March 1998

Where
Carno
Incident
Rob Johnston, BCC, fall in Brickyard, 3 broken ribs in back and bruised shoulder.
Standby
16:47
Callout
~20:00
Out
08:00

Duties

  1. Underground 20:45
  2. Taking gear to casualty
  3. Backup in belaying rig
  4. Hole plugging
  5. Making coffee
  6. Stretcher hauling over wall
  7. Bolting route
  8. Hauling up Greasy Pot
  9. Hole plugging
  10. Sherpa-ing
  11. Out 06:45 (Monday 30 March 1998)
  12. Underground ~7:30
  13. Sherpa again
  14. Out 08:00