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BBC News
2 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Tryfan: Woman accidentally fell to her death scrambling in Eryri
A 28-year-old woman fell to her death trying to pull herself up on to a ledge while scrambling up a mountain, an inquest has concluded. Maria Rosanova Eftimova, a structural civil engineer, was scrambling on Tryfan in Eryri, also known as Snowdonia, on 22 February, when she died. Ms Eftimova, from St Helens in Merseyside, fell about 65ft (20m) while ascending the 3,010 ft (918m) mountain and died by accident, the inquest in Caernarfon have described her as a young woman whose "vibrant personality, energy and aura touched and uplifted all around her". The inquest was told Ms Eftimova had set off Saturday morning at about 09:00 GMT as part of a group of about 18 people who had organised the were heading to the north ridge of Tryfan on a trail with no marked footpaths and requires scrambling to reach the summit. The group split into two just over half way up the mountain with most people taking an easier or seven people, including Ms Eftimova, chose a harder route up the north face of the Jones, who was at the back of the group immediately behind her, described how she struggled to get a hand hold while trying to climb onto a ledge above."She started to pull herself up," he said in a statement, "but then I saw her flying over the top of my head down the mountainside".Another member of the group, Neil Oakes, said he "saw Maria tumbling through the air below me in free fall"."I was shouting 'no, no, no', and looked away. When I looked back, I knew she'd hit a ledge below." Mountain rescue crews arrived quickly, but Ms Eftimova had died before she could be taken off the mountain.A post-mortem examination showed she died from severe head injuries including a fractured from her father Rosen Eftimov described how she was born in Bulgaria but travelled to the UK for her university worked for Costain as a civil engineer and became a British citizen in Eftimova was an experienced mountain climber, a keen snowboarder and had completed a glacier climbing course in friend Victoria Critchley paid tribute to her earlier this year saying Ms Eftimova was "ambitious, bright and cherished, whose vibrant personality, energy and aura touched and uplifted all around her".Coroner Kate Robertson recorded a conclusion of accidental death at the inquest in also sent her condolences to Ms Eftimova's family and friends saying they had lost a "bright and conscientious young woman."
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Wagner shows how mud influences ball flight at PGA
Scottie not his best but steady, and firmly in PGA Scottie Scheffler might not be at his best, but he's just three off the lead in the PGA Championship. Watch his Round 2 highlights before Live From reacts, specifically to his scrambling.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Scottie not his best but steady, and firmly in PGA
Scottie not his best but steady, and firmly in PGA Scottie Scheffler might not be at his best, but he's just three off the lead in the PGA Championship. Watch his Round 2 highlights before Live From reacts, specifically to his scrambling.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Mud balls dominate Thursday: Did PGA get it wrong?
Scottie not his best but steady, and firmly in PGA Scottie Scheffler might not be at his best, but he's just three off the lead in the PGA Championship. Watch his Round 2 highlights before Live From reacts, specifically to his scrambling.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
HLs: Scottie, Xander, Rory up and down to open PGA
Scottie not his best but steady, and firmly in PGA Scottie Scheffler might not be at his best, but he's just three off the lead in the PGA Championship. Watch his Round 2 highlights before Live From reacts, specifically to his scrambling.
