Members of a mountain rescue team have expressed their frustration after a stranded walker was left high and dry by a fellow mountaineer.
Shortly after 3:40pm on Tuesday, the Llanberis Mountain Rescue team was alerted to reports of a lone walker who had become lost in the mist on Snowdon.
The woman was understood to be lost near the intersection between the Miner’s and Pyg tracks.
The walker then reported that she had come across a member of the public who could help her down, which meant the team were put on standby to await confirmation that she had descended to safety.
However, members of the team were angered when it emerged that, rather than helping, the potential saviour carried on walking, leaving the lone walker on the Pyg track with darkness approaching and no torch.
As a result, a number of the team’s volunteers had to assemble to search a large stretch of the footpath, and found the lost walker 90 minutes later.
A spokesman for the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team added: “The team members who attended this incident were understandably frustrated by this, especially following the previous incident where a good Samaritan helped walk a lost walker down to safety.
“Mountain rescue teams were first established in this spirit; a formalisation of a tradition where mountaineers help fellow mountaineers.
“You do not need to be a rescue team member to continue this tradition.
“If you see someone who looks like they could do with a hand, ask them how they’re doing, give them some advice, do anything but leave them to fend for themselves.”
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