A 14-YEAR-old boy who attempted to climb one of the most recognisable peaks in Britain slipped and fell almost 20 to 30 metres.

The teenager had attempted to climb Tryfan in Eryri with his mother but turned around at the North tower and started to descend. The duo tried to descend via one of the gullies on the west face but the boy lost his footing and suffered severe head injuries.

The boy was airlifted to Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

In a statement, Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation, said: "His mum managed to scramble down to him but was unable to call the emergency services due to lack of signal. She covered him in all their spare clothing and made the hard decision to run down on her own to get help, flagging down a passing motorist on arrival at the road.

"With Polish as a first language, communication with the informant was difficult and numerous 999 calls were received.

"Unable to say exactly where they had fallen, team leaders resorted to looking at photographs on the mother's phone and two hill parties were deployed to search likely looking gullies.

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"Maritime and Coastguard Agency Rescue 936 was requested to search using their thermal imaging camera and eventually were successful in spotting him well outside our search area."

The statement added: "The winchman paramedic was deployed onto steep ground and was able to confirm the boy was conscious but very poorly. He requested help to secure them both onto the cliff and two team members were winched down with technical rope rescue equipment.

"Four more team members were able to scramble up and helped to package the casualty into the stretcher before he was lifted and flown to Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

"All team members were back at Oggie base by midnight.

"We all wish our casualty the best and hope he makes a full recovery."