High ambitions frustrated

DOLGELLAU, Wales - A Buddhist who climbed Cader Idris mountain to spend the winter solstice weekend communing with nature was…

DOLGELLAU, Wales - A Buddhist who climbed Cader Idris mountain to spend the winter solstice weekend communing with nature was rudely interrupted when a helicopter and search team arrived to rescue him. Another climber had told police he had seen a man there with a head injury. After the helicopter had guided climbers to him, the 50 year old man told them to go away.

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