Body Found On Crib Goch

A body has been found on Crib Goch ridge after a 56 year old man went missing on Snowdon yesterday. According to reports, see bbc.co.uk website, the man had been attempting a 14 peaks walking challenge and did not have a compass or map?

Having walked up to Cribyn, Pen y Fan and Corn Du on Saturday in poor weather with minimal visability, I am constantly amazed by peoples total disregard for their safety and totally inappropriate attire and kit!

Posted: 12/05/2003 at 13:15

In case anyonce can't be arsed to search for it the article can be found here.

Posted: 12/05/2003 at 13:37

And the article says he was "prepairing for the 14 peaks".

As for a map and compass? On Crib Goch. Not really that important. He may have had one and it had been lost, who knows at the moment.

Furthermore the article doesn't point to a cause of death. Maybe it was a heart attack. Who knows.

As for inappropraitly equipped people, there's an interesting letter in Trail about that this month. I know I've met people on Snowdon totally inappropriatly dressed, wondering "what this Crib Goch is like".

The other side of it are the "all the gear-no idea" monkeys out there. They have loads of kit, but they don't know how to use it.

Posted: 12/05/2003 at 13:43