The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)

Hillwalker with daughter dies after mountain fall

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A father has died after falling “a considerab­le distance” while walking with his daughter on a Welsh mountain.

The man slipped on Tryfan in Snowdonia on Sunday and was airlifted to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

He and his daughter, believed to be from the south of England, were trying to come down the mountain but turned back when they realised it was too steep, a rescue official said.

The man is then thought to have slipped and fallen during their ascent back up the gully, Christophe­r Lloyd of Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisati­on said.

The victim, who had climbed Snowdon a day earlier during the weekend trip with his daughter, believed to be aged in her mid twenties, was spotted by a rock climber nearby and police were called shortly after midday.

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