Climber dies falling from Welsh mountain
Mountain rescuers spent six hours retrieving the casualty from Glyder Fach in Eryri
Glyder Fach in Eryri
(Image: Ogwen Valley MRT )
A climber has died after falling down a gulley while scrambling up a Welsh mountain. The incident happened on Saturday, May 10, at Glyder Fach in Eryri (Snowdonia).
The tragedy happened on a section of the peak, which is the sixth-highest in Wales, described as one of the gullies near Main Cliff. It is a section of rock face popular with scramblers and climbers said to offer routes of various degrees of difficulty. Rescuers retrieved the body during a six-hour difficult operation.
In their log, Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue said that the scrambler was seen falling by two mountaineers climbing the cliff face when they saw the person begin a "tumbling fall down a gulley".
It reads: "Two mountaineers were climbing on Glyder Fach Main Cliff when they saw a solo scrambler begin a tumbling fall down a gulley. They immediately called 999 and descended to the fallen individual to try and help. The team were called out and Rescue 936 tasked.
"One of the informants, an off-duty paramedic, assessed the casualty and reported no signs of life. They stayed with the individual until team members arrived on scene. The helicopter lifted team members up, near the location and the informants were lifted down to base.
"Once further casualty and scene assessment was completed the individual was packaged into a stretcher and extracted from the gulley using a TRR system.
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"Once on the boulder field a single back-rope was used to protect the stretcher extraction out to a suitable landing site for the helicopter to lift the casualty and all team members back to base.
"Thanks go to the informants for their assistance with a very difficult situation while the thoughts of the team are with the friends and family of the casualty."
On their return from the scene, the team helped respond to a crash on the A55 in which a biker was killed.
A second statement reads: "Team members witnessed a collision between a vehicle and a motorcycle near Capel Curig and stopped to give help.
"The team leader phoned 999 to report it and the team was asked to respond, team members worked with [the Welsh Ambulance Service, North Wales Police and the Air Ambulance] to treat the rider and their passenger.
"Sadly, the rider did not survive and the passenger was flown to hospital.
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"The thoughts of all involved are with the families and friends of the casualties."
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