A 26-year-old climber fell to his death from a Snowdonia ridge after his rope was severed by a piece of falling rock.
Kieran James Strudwick, of New Town, Uckfield in East Sussex, was climbing with his friend, Tom Haynes, on the Dolmen Ridge of Glyder Fach when the tragedy occurred, an inquest heard. The pair had travelled to North Wales on a climbing trip and had stayed in Penmachno the previous night after completing a number of scrambles in the day.
On January 30, they decided they would climb the Dolmen Ridge which is classified as a grade 3 scramble, meaning that safety equipment, including ropes, is required for much of the route. Kieran, 26, and Tom, 25 at the time, had known each other for around two years and both were relatively experienced climbers, comfortable with navigating the scramble, and both had all the relevant safety equipment for the scramble.
