cragfast walker Snowdonia Serious incident

Tryfan

Sunday, 31 December 2017

A walker in his 40s became cragfast on the steep West Face of Tryfan after making a navigational error while descending the North Ridge on New Year's Eve. He was safely winched to safety by Maritime and Coastguard Agency helicopter and taken to base for debrief and warming.

Outcome: winched to safety by helicopter, uninjured

Responding team

Ogwen Valley MRO — team website ↗

Sources

New Year's Eve rescue of cragfast walker is team's 22nd callout to Tryfan news · grough.co.uk
Walker stranded on Tryfan found by rescue teams thanks to his torch news · dailypost.co.uk

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