Heart-stopping moment 'bleeding and shivering' 80-year-old woman pleads for rescue after getting stranded on 'perilous' mountain - with panicked husband convinced 'she's gone over the edge'
SOS: Extreme Rescues is a docu-series following the rescue service team in Eryri, also called Snowdonia, in Wales.
The BBC show's most recent episode delved into the tale of Josie, 80, who attempted to climb Snowdon with her husband, Trevor.
Trevor described the 'horrendous' wind the couple experienced during their hike and how he decided not to go any further.
Josie however, wanted to complete the climb and soon found herself in trouble.
After waiting two and a half hours with no sight of Josie returning, Trevor, who didn't have a mobile phone on him, tried to get help.
Josie, who was 100 metres from a path and on the edge of a cliff, called Mountain Rescue and the audio was played during the instalment.
She said: 'I'm on Snowdon and I'm stuck. I must have come off the track and I've got lost'
The call handler asked: 'Have you got any injuries at all?'
Josie replied: 'Yes, I've cut the side of my head but it's only bleeding a bit. I'm starting to shiver now. I'm nearly 80.'
Rescuers struggled to locate Josie on their first attempt and recalled the strong winds.
Trevor expressed how he was concerned Josie may have 'gone over the edge'.
The team embarked on the 'risky' climb down to Josie's last known location.
After calling out for Josie, they eventually made voice contact and found her in her 'perilous' spot.
'I just thought, what have I done? Because I thought nobody would find me, nobody,' Josie recalled.
'I reached the summit and I asked two lads if they'd take my photograph. And I was coming down I saw this path and there was some lads walking off, so I thought I'd go that way.
'I was going along and the rain was really coming down and the fog was starting to drop and it was that windy. I looked down and I think I'll slide down there on my bottom and I'll make the path.
'I stopped and I looked down and I thought good God, it's nearly 3,00 foot deep there.'
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