A walker with a broken leg has been rescued from one of Britain’s highest mountains.
The stricken man was carried down Snowdon, in north Wales, by Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue Team and Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team.
It came as a warning was issued about a spike in the number of people needing to be saved from the mountain.
A spokesman for Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue Team said: “On Friday April 19 at around 2pm Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team requested assistance for a stretcher carry from the Miners’ Track for a hiker who had slipped and sustained a suspected lower leg fracture.
“The Llanberis hasty party tended to the casualty, splinting his leg and keeping him warm in an emergency shelter.
“Once secured in the stretcher, the casualty was moved carefully down from the junction of the Pyg and Miners’ Tracks, then along the track back to the team vehicles at the causeway.
“During this callout a second call came in for an injured walker on the Watkin Path, so after dropping the first casualty off, all team members headed to Nant Gwynant ready for the second callout.
“Upon arrival we were informed that the casualty had been helped down to the road by friends and was already on his way to hospital.”
Rescuer Dion Jones, who has been with the team for 30 years, said the service used to get about 10 calls a year when he started volunteering, as reported by Need To Know.
Now the figure has increased to “at least 60 to 70 a year” as more visitors flock to the area.
The team, based in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, has over 30 volunteers and provides a search and rescue service across north west Wales.
He recognised that accidents can happen to anyone – but said there were people who weren’t prepared.
He said: “Many don’t take the right equipment with them and don’t check that they know what they are doing beforehand.
“We have to look at where the people come from, and make sure that the safety messages are shown in those areas rather than just locally.”
The rescue services rely entirely on volunteers which means the increased call-outs are putting pressure on resources.
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