Snowdonia: Man rescued from gorge after 80ft fall

Image source, South Snowdonia Search and Rescue Team

Image caption, The man was pulled up on a stretcher

A man was rescued from a gorge in Snowdonia after falling 80ft (24m).

He was reported missing in the Coed y Brenin forest park in Gwynedd on Wednesday, before a search team spotted him below Pistyll y Cain waterfall and used abseiling equipment to get to him.

The young man, who had suffered multiple injuries, was then brought up from the gorge on a stretcher.

A rescue vehicle transported him to a waiting Coastguard helicopter, and he was taken to hospital.

Image source, South Snowdonia Search and Rescue

Image caption, The man was transported by road to a waiting Coastguard helicopter

Image source, James Wood/ Geograph

Image caption, The man had fallen into a gorge below the Pistyll y Cain