An experienced mountaineer who was not using ropes died following a fall in Snowdonia. Thomas Furey, 30, of Bwlchgwyn, Wrexham, was found at the foot of Cneifion Arete in the Ogwen Valley area with "catastrophic" head, chest and leg injuries.
He died at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor on June 11 after being flown in, an inquest in Caernarfon heard. The Daily Post reports that Mr Furey, who was known as Tom, had been staying at a friend's house with his fiancée Katie Simmons, who was due to meet him after she finished work at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd that afternoon.
Witnesses Andrew Cruse and his son Harry had been climbing and said that, on the way up Cneifion Arete a man (Mr Furey) came from behind them and asked if he could go in front. After agreeing, Mr Cruse told the man, who was said to have no ropes: "I wouldn't want to free solo."
