A hiker was left with serious injuries after falling on a mountain in Snowdonia. The man, who is currently unidentified, was airlifted to hospital by a Coastguard helicopter having fallen from a gully on the north ridge of Tryfan mountain on Good Friday (April 15).
He was treated by Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation as well as the Coastguard rescue team, before being put in a stretcher and vacuum mattress and winched into the helicopter. The hiker was then flown to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor to be treated for his serious injuries.
The man was not the only person to be treated by the rescue team that day, as they were called out three times on Good Friday, which they admitted was "a busy start to the Bank Holiday". Get all the latest news from WalesOnline straight to your inbox with our newsletters.
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The rescue team also helped a walker off the mountainside after she injured her ankle after slipping on wet rock, while a 67-year-old man was also stretchered to a waiting ambulance after hurting his leg in a quarry in Deganwy. The team are being kept busy as more people head out to make the most of the recent good weather, which you can keep up to date with here.
In March, a young man fell at least 30ft at a beauty spot in Conwy and had to be flown to hospital. He is understood to have plunged into the water at Swallow Falls near Betws-y-Coed and was airlifted to hospital to be treated for injuries described as "critical."
Emergency crews and volunteers had rushed to the scene on Saturday, March 26. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team (OVMRT)'s Facebook page said: "The team were called out to reports of a man falling into the water at Swallow Falls and requiring CPR.
"A young man had fallen approximately 10-15 metres from the cliff above the river opposite to the visitor site. He landed unconscious in the water and remained there for 10 minutes until his friend, a bystander and an off-duty paramedic were able to reach him.
"Working with the Wales Air Ambulance crew and two WAST (Welsh Ambulance Services Trust) paramedics, the critically ill young man was treated and placed in a vacuum mattress and stretcher before being raised to the path. From there, he was carried to the now closed A5 where further critical care was given before he was flown to Stoke Trauma centre."
