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Missing North Stack climbers: bodies in sea 'roped together' | |
(about 11 hours later) | |
Investigations are continuing into the deaths of two climbers whose bodies were found in the sea by search crews on the coast of Anglesey. | |
Inquests have been opened and adjourned on Vaughan Richard Holme, 48, of Horsham, Sussex, and Jack Hutton-Potts, 23, of Petersfield, Hampshire. | |
They were reported missing on Saturday night. People close to the scene said the bodies were roped together. | |
A search ended when the bodies were found in water near North Stack. | |
The alarm was raised just after 22:00 BST on Saturday when the climbers failed to meet friends. Search crews worked through until 01:00 BST on Sunday, but only found two rucksacks. | |
The search resumed at 04:30 BST on Sunday and, as the tide was going out, the bodies of two men were spotted by a search and rescue helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey. | |
They were in the sea close to where the men had been climbing and they were roped together as they would have been if they had been climbing together. | They were in the sea close to where the men had been climbing and they were roped together as they would have been if they had been climbing together. |
The cliffs at Gogarth Bay are popular with climbers. | The cliffs at Gogarth Bay are popular with climbers. |
One climbing website says the climbs are adventurous and serious, and suited to competent and serious climbers. | One climbing website says the climbs are adventurous and serious, and suited to competent and serious climbers. |
It says many of the routes are affected by the tide and there are often loose rocks. | It says many of the routes are affected by the tide and there are often loose rocks. |
The weather conditions were described as "challenging" by one rescuer who said there was a strong wind blowing towards the shore, and the sea was quite rough throughout Saturday and into Sunday morning. | The weather conditions were described as "challenging" by one rescuer who said there was a strong wind blowing towards the shore, and the sea was quite rough throughout Saturday and into Sunday morning. |
Three lifeboat crews took part in the search around both North and South Stack before two bodies were recovered by the RNLI crew from Trearddur Bay lifeboat. | Three lifeboat crews took part in the search around both North and South Stack before two bodies were recovered by the RNLI crew from Trearddur Bay lifeboat. |
North west Wales coroner Dewi Pritchard-Jones adjourned an inquest at Caernarfon until a date to be fixed. | |
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