5 saved in a flash.FIVE students stranded 800ft up a mountain in darkness Adv. 1. in darkness - without light; "the river was sliding darkly under the mist" darkly used camera flashes on their mobile phones to alert rescuers. The lads called 999 when they got trapped on a rock face in bad weather. But rescuers on Snowdon, North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. , had problems finding them. The five from Newcastle agreed to repeatedly set off their camera flash to pinpoint their position. Ian Henderson, of the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team, said: "We were able to see the white flash in the mist. Visibility was down to 10 metres." After eight hours the "smart" five were hoisted to safety on Sunday. |
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