'Lost and friendless' man found wandering on Eryri mountain
A walker was plunged into a nightmare when a day-out in the mountains of Eryri (Snowdonia) spun out of control. He had set off with two friends to climb Y Garn, a 3,107ft peak that offers epic panoramas of the national park.
They'd planned to climb the mountain via Twll Du ('Black Hole'), known as Devil's Kitchen in English.
But on the ascent, one man decided the walk was too much and he told his friends he would rest and return to the car.
After having a rest, and feeling better, he changed his mind, walking briskly in an attempt to gain ground on his friends. He managed to catch up with who he believed were his friends, only to be in for a nasty surprise.
Soon his day would go from bad to worse as night descended. Ultimately, he had to call in the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation (OVMRO). The team said: 'He caught up with his 'friends', only it wasn't them.... nor the second group he caught up with either!
'Now lost and friendless, he decided to descend but strayed onto steep ground and became stuck.'
An OVMRO rescue party was already on the mountain, having been called out to help two climbers stuck Glyder Fawr. They were heading back to base only to be diverted to the 'friendless walker', who by now was stranded in a precarious position.
A OVMRO spokesperson said: 'The descending hill party changed direction and found him on a small ledge. They made him safe, gave him a torch and raised him to safe ground before guiding him down to his friends.'
The two incidents, on Saturday, May 3, marked the start of a hectic five-day period in which the team received six call-outs, with two of them handed to other agencies. That day saw the team deploy at 10.50am and finish at 2am the following morning.
Other incidents last week included a call-out to Abergwyngregyn on Tuesday evening, May 6. A walker had followed his dog down steep ground into the river, hurting his leg on rocks. After calling for help, his iPhone satellite SOS was used to locate his position and a multi-agency search was launched.
An OVMRO team was able to raise him back to safe ground where he was attended to by paramedics.
The following day, the rescue team was back at Twll Du to help an walker who'd taken a nasty tumble. While descending with a large rucksack, they'd tripped and fallen 10 metres (33ft), sustaining a head injury.
OVMRO said: 'The casualty was found and treated by team casualty carers and placed in a stretcher before being moved to a suitable location for winching up.'
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