ABERDYFI Search and Rescue Team helped a 13-year-old girl with an injured ankle and found a group of missing climbers on the same day.

Both rescued took place on Wednesday (4 August).

A spokesperson for Aberdyfi Search and Rescue said: “At around 4pm the team was made aware of a 13-year-old girl with an injured ankle on the Craig Cau saddle on Cader Idris.

“While team volunteers prepared to approach from the west, coastguard helicopter R936 dropped a winchman-paramedic to assess the situation.

“The casualty was downlifted to the awaiting team vehicles and collected by her mother shortly afterwards.”

The second call of the day came several hours later.

The spokesperson added: “At around 10.15pm the team was contacted by North Wales Police regarding an informant reporting secondhand information about overdue climbers on Cader Idris.

“Being unable to contact anyone directly involved in the incident, team volunteers made their way to the Minffordd car park to make further investigations.

“The wife of one of the climbers was present, and reported she had last seen her husband and climbing partner at 3pm at Llyn Cau.

“Their intention was, she said, to climb in the Southwest corner of the Llyn in an area identified as being around Pen Coed Pillar.

“Her husband was described as an experienced climber, while his partner was less so, so she anticipated they would not be on anything too difficult. She reported them as being lightly equipped beyond their climbing kit.

“With the possibility of crag-fast and benighted climbers, the assistance of coastguard helicopter R936 was requested.

“The aircraft was granted but was at that time refuelling in Liverpool. In the meantime, the plan was to send small teams to check above and below the area of the climb in order to locate the pair.

“As team volunteers assembled, the first party was deployed up the hill and fortunately encountered the missing climbers midway up the Minffordd steps.

“The pair had underestimated or been misled by online resources about the difficulty of the climb they were attempting, and it had taken much longer than anticipated.

“They were not well prepared for dealing with the extended time on the crag, and the situation was compounded by a flat mobile battery.

“Everyone was safely off the mountain by 12.19am.”