Two men who died on Yr Wyddfa tried calling 999, inquest hears
An inquest into the deaths of two young men on a mountain ridge in Eryri revealed that their 999 emergency call was not properly escalated. Despite search efforts, the men were found deceased following extreme winter conditions.
Why it matters
The case raises critical questions about emergency response protocols and communication failures during mountain rescue operations.
Image source, Instagram Image caption, Jayden Long, 19, and Eddie Hill, 20, were walking on a mountain range in Eryri
Two friends who died on a mountain ridge during extreme winter conditions tried calling 999 but the alert was not escalated "as it should have been", according to a police expert at an inquest.
The bodies of Eddie Hill, 20, and Jayden Long, 19, both from Dereham, Norfolk, were found by a mountain rescue team in Eryri, also known as Snowdonia , on 19 February.
They died on Crib y Ddysgl, a ridge that peaks at 1,065m (3,494ft), less than a mile north of Yr Wyddfa's summit and linking it to the notoriously narrow ridge of Crib Goch.
The mountain rescue team said it did not have enough information about the location or nature of the 999 call to act immediately.
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