Odds and Sods
A man became stuck on a Welsh mountain because his
electronic mapping device broke and he only had a map of Scotland with him.
He was on a night reconnaissance on the 3,262ft (994m) Glyder Fach in Snowdonia in preparation for a challenge walk. Members of the Ogwen Valley mountain rescue team helped him to safety. A spokesman warned against depending on electronic applications in the mountains.
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The man called rescuers and four members of the Ogwen Valley team walked up the mountain to find him. "People should have a paper map of the correct area, and by all means use the electronic equipment to check your co-ordinates, but don't depend on it because if you are out on the mountain for hours at a time batteries go flat," Mr Lloyd added.
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