Walkers Survive 14-Hour Snowdonia Hell...
A pair of reportedly poorly-equipped walkers were lucky to survive an accident on Snowdon in some of the worst conditions seen this winter.
Posted: 16 March 2004
by Jon
Two poorly equipped walkers from London were lucky to survive in
appalling conditions after one of them fell around 150 feet down an
icy slope on Snowdon at the weekend.
It took rescue teams some 14 hours to rescue the pair in some of
the worst weather of the winter after the fall close to the summit of
Crib y Ddisgl, part of the classic Snowdon Horseshoe route.
"I've no idea why they were up there" commented a rescue team
spokesman. "Nobody else stopped to help them because there was nobody
else up there as they had all heeded the weather warnings."
Rescuers also criticised the pair's clothing and equipment, one
reportedly wore only trainers while the other had light summer boots.
Neither were carrying a torch or whistle to attract attention and it
was only by chance that a passing park warden chanced to find them
and called in rescue teams from Llanberis and the Ogwen Valley.
Full story here.
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