Snowdonia National Park, UK - scrambling

"..He disappeared into the cloud below, falling a good distance down some very steep and nasty ground. His two colleagues saw him go so they tried to scramble to the edge to see where he had gone and climbed down quite a bit. It was becoming really difficult ground and they called for him but there was no response..."

A 23-year-old man from Yorkshire died after falling 600ft from a ridge in Snowdonia, Wales. He was climbing with two friends when a handhold broke, causing him to fall. Mountain rescue teams were called to the scene, recovered the man's body with the help of a coastguard helicopter, and reported that the incident was a tragic accident. 12 rescuers searched for the man's body, which was found in the darkness shortly after 9pm with no signs of life. The chairman of the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation (OVMRO), who was part of the rescue effort, reported that the three young men were well-equipped and had done a lot of hillwalking together, and that Y Gribin, where the accident took place, is a popular ridge but has loose rock and ice.

Y Gribin is a grade one ridge, meaning it is one of the least difficult.




Tragedy as Yorkshire climber, 23, dies in Snowdonia mountain fall


Location: Bethesda, Bangor LL57 3LZ, UK

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