Dead climber in Snowdon

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Dead climber in Snowdon

by Diego Sahagún » Thu May 05, 2016 5:49 pm

Man dies after falling from Crib Goch - an extremely dangerous ridge on Snowdon: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... b-11165049 :cry:

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Re: Dead climber in Snowdon

by jedicolin » Fri May 06, 2016 4:00 pm

According to Llanberis Mountain Rescue, Crib Coch, which is described as a “knife-edged” arête, is “extremely dangerous and should not be attempted by novice walkers”.


I wonder if it was out of his league?

A shame to read the story though.

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