Mountain rescuers hit out at influencers who ‘promote’ climbing in unsafe conditions after daring rescue on Snowdon [Video]

A team of mountain rescuers called to save walkers on Britain’s most popular peak have slammed influencers who ‘promote’ climbing in unsafe conditions. 

Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team posted a video warning climbers their videos could lead to people taking risks at the knife-edge Crib Goch ridge on Wales’s 3,560ft high peak Snowdon. 

Potential danger to team members having to save those who get themselves into trouble is ‘considerable’, the MRT declared on social media. 

Snowdon has been the scene of numerous casualties in recent years, with the rescue team seeing a record number of emergency call-outs earlier this year as social media users flocked to the dangerous beauty spot to take selfies. 

The short clip posted by the MRT shows team members descending the East Ridge of Crib Goch, seemingly to help an influencer who had got into danger. 

Alongside the video was a statement which read: ‘Have you ever considered what you post on social media could have a direct affect …