A person who got in trouble while climbing cliffs near a Pembrokeshire bay was winched to safety by coastguards yesterday evening during a multi-agency rescue operation.
Two people became stuck on the cliffs at Caerfai Bay, St Davids, at around 5.14pm.
Fishguard and St Davids Coastguard teams were tasked to the incident as well as RNLI St Davids Lifeboat and Coastguard rescue helicopter R187.
The teams quickly located the casualties and set up a rope rescue on the cliff top. The lifeboat crew was able to get to the base of the cliff and keep an eye on and reassure the two casualties.
The coastguard teams were quickly able to lower helmets to them to ensure safety. Then a cliff technician was lowered down the cliff to the youngsters.
The technician was able to secure the first casualty in a rescue harness and the pair were lowered down and into the lifeboat at the foot of the cliffs.
The technician then was lifted back up the cliff to the second casualty. However, this time it was deemed too much of a risk to lower them down to the lifeboat.
The coastguard helicopter was requested to carry out the rescue. A winchman was lowered from the helicopter to the spot on the cliffs and the second stuck climber recovered.
Will Chant, RNLI Coxswain for St Davids RNLI lifeboat, said: "This was a difficult rescue requiring a collaborative approach from all involved.
"I’d like to thank the Coastguard Rescue Teams, Coastguard Rescue Helicopter and a tourist from the Peak District mountain rescue team for their assistance in this rescue.
"Thanks to the professionalism of the all involved in the rescue, the casualties were unharmed.
"We’d remind people to check tide times when visiting the beach to reduce the risk of being cut off by the tide."
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