A woman suffered severe burns as she held onto a rope to save her partner from plunging down a mountain.
The unnamed girlfriend was pictured with torn skin as she clung on while her partner dropped past her during the climb on the Tryfan mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales.
The pair, along with one other climber, had attempted the Gashed Crag route up the 3,000ft peak.
Emergency services were called after the man fell during the ambitious excursion.
The group leader eventually managed to get control of her belay tool, a device used to break a climber’s fall.
Sign up for all of the latest stories
Start your day informed with Metro’s News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens.
However the injured woman was unable to continue and called for assistance.
Maritime coastguards intervened to lift the trio onto the summit using a rope system.
A spokesperson for Ogwen Valley mountain rescue said : ‘Once checked over, the casualty was fitted with a confidence rope and then made an impressive ‘hands free’ descent of Tryfan with their hands in the air looking like we had just arrested her!’
It comes as another pair of climbers were rescued on Friday while hiking up Scafell Pike, England’s tallest mountain located in the Lake District.
Rescue teams said the two walkers were reported as being ‘wet, cold and unable to move’ on the prominent peak after being ‘inadequately prepared’ for the challenging ascent.
The climbers were brought to safety by rescuers in what was called a ‘lucky escape’, Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team said.
A spokesperson said: ‘These two walkers were inadequately prepared for their ascent of Scafell Pike and had a very lucky escape, made more difficult by poor mobile phone reception.’
The latest incidents come as Storm Dave swept across parts of Wales, England and Scotland, bring gale force winds and blizzard conditions.
As much as 30 centimetres could fall in the Scottish Highlands, the Met Office warned.
Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.
For more stories like this, check our news page.
