Panic attack sparks mountain rescue

The group were led back down the mountain by the rescue team

A walker was rescued after having a panic attack near the top of one of Wales' highest mountains.

The group were about 200m (656 ft) from the summit of Tryfan in Eryri National Park, also known as Snowdonia, on 18 July when one of them became paralysed with fear.

Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue sent a small team to calm the person down and provide reassurance, before helping the group back down the mountain.

"The team have dealt with a number of panic attacks on Tryfan recently," they added, before issuing advice to novice mountaineers.

"If it's the first time on this mountain for you or some of your group, consider the following," rescuers posted on Facebook.

"Tryfan has considerable exposure with lots of climbing over and around ridges and edges, will any of you be overly affected by this?

"Tryfan is difficult to navigate over in a traditional manner, especially in poor weather, are you able to navigate or relate map to ground?"

They added there was no straight line to the car park, so warned visitors "don't be tempted to descend gullys just because you can see the valley floor".

"It will get very dark after the sun goes down, if you are taking sunset shots, remember to take proper, fully charged torches," they advised.