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Two Yorkshire lads rescued from Glyder Fach, they spent the night in a gully, in a blizzard.

Be careful and don't under estimate our mountains.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-35311929

Sorry if this is already posted, could not see it.

Glad they are safe.

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:

"The men, aged 35 and 40, from West Yorkshire, were winched to safety on Thursday after becoming stuck in a gully 3,260 ft up on Glyder Fach."

Poor guys, must've been horrible knowing you were stuck only 1ft below the summit.

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:

It first appeared on the BBC around 10am when they were still out there so it had me on the edge of my keyboard until they got the update up about them being found. It was an awful night here and the report originally read like this:

"Search and rescue launched for Snowdonia climbers. Mountain rescuers are trying to reach two climbers stranded overnight on a Snowdonia peak. The pair are stuck in a gully at about 3,260 ft on Glyder Fach. They rang for help on their mobile on Wednesday at about 17:30 GMT but "extreme" blizzards, gales, and fears of an avalanche hampered the rescue effort by Ogwen Valley mountain rescue. Fifteen volunteers are attempting to find them but a weak phone signal means they cannot pinpoint an exact location."

Tough lads from West Yorkshire!

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:

More: http://www.ogwen-rescue.org.uk/

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:

Great moment of the rescue.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-35317250

In reply to Stu Tyrrell:

Glad they're safe. Must have been a tough night.

In reply to SenzuBean:

We was not stuck in a gully.We came out of central gully because the turf /snow was too soft and climbed up the right side of the wall.We took shelter between 2 slabs of rock about 100m below the top.The weather by this time was bad.

In reply to shawy1971:


Ah cool. Glad to know you're safe. Just to be clear I was not having a dig at you, but rather the wonky reporting.

In reply to SenzuBean:

Its fine SenzuBean.The press need to get there stories correct.Looking back it could of been planned better,MR and the chopper crew would of been with there families if it had.Am 44 not 40 too.