A party on a Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition had to be airlifted to safety at the weekend after becoming lost in the Black Mountains area.
A party of teenage girls and their teacher were airlifted to safety after getting into difficulties in the Brecon Beacons at the weekend.
The six girls aged 16 and 17 were taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition and became lost in the Black Mountains on Saturday afternoon. They used a mobile phone to call for help and The South Wales Search and Rescue team were called in.
They located the party after several hours of searching and an RAF helicopter was called in to evacuate the party at around midnight. It was the third rescue of the day for the team with mobile phones being used in each case.
"The girls certainly had an interesting mountaineering experience," team leader Peter Howells reportedly told the BBC.
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