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Walker killed in Snowdonia fall | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
A walker has died after falling about 700 ft (213m) from near the summit of a Snowdonia peak. | |
Rescuers said the man was walking with another man on Penyrolewen on the Carneddau range in northern Snowdonia when he fell down a snow-filled gully. | |
North Wales Police said they received a report that a man had fallen shortly after 1600 GMT on Friday. | |
The RAF helicopter from Valley, on Anglesey, was called out as well as the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team. | |
The man was airlifted to Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital in Bangor where he was pronounced dead. | |
Crampons | |
The helicopter flew his companion to the bottom of the mountain. | |
He was believed to have raised the alarm by mobile phone and had then been advised to stay put and await rescue. | |
The men were well dressed and wearing crampons. | |
A 40-knot wind buffeted the Sea King helicopter, which landed on the mountainside to enable mountain rescue team members to carry the man to the aircraft. |