Snowdon: scene of four deaths in recent days. Photo: Steve Cadman
Mountain rescue teams have found the body of a man on Snowdon.
Members of the Llanberis, Ogwen Valley and Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue Teams had been searching for a missing man since the alarm was raised just after 10am this morning. An RAF search-and-rescue helicopter was also involved in the operation.
A police spokesperson said: “The body is believed to be that of the 70-year-old man from the Halifax, [West Yorkshire] area who was reported missing. However, North Wales Police are still awaiting formal identification.”
The man’s body was found this afternoon. The death is the fourth in 11 days on Wales’s highest mountain. Gwyn Norrell, 27, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, died after falling on Clogwyn Coch. Brothers Christopher McCallion, 30, and James, 35, of Somerset, fell to their deaths at the same site a week previously.
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12 February 2009What a wasted life, he was such a fun, energetic man. He will be missed by many and my thoughts go out to his family and friends at this time.
Emma Middleton
14 February 2009I loved every ounce of my dad. He was an incredibly experienced climber, fitter than some men half his age (arms like Popeye!!!!) - people who know him will know this. Even though he was my dad he genuinely was the most kindest, sincere, selfless person I have ever known. Outdoors was his life - he was out doing what he loved and from that the family and I will take comfort from this. My heart bursts with pride everytime I think or talk about him (I have felt like that since the day I was born)- my dad has always been my hero, he has inspired me so much in what I have done with my life. Farewell on your final hike dad, love you to bits - Emma x x x x x