Widow tells of peak tragedy

The widow of a Walsall climber who died after suffering a heart attack on Mount Snowdon told today how she tried to give him the kiss of life when he collapsed.

Consultant engineer Bob Langman, aged 53, was taken ill when he and his party were just 100 metres from the top of the mountain in North Wales.

Mr Langman was taking part in a team building exercise in North Wales.

His widow Anne, aged 51, who had accompanied the outing at the last minute, said her husband had grasped her hand to help steady her just moments before he fell to the ground and had a heart attack.

She tried to give him the kiss of life and a doctor also tried to revive him while other walkers wrapped their clothes around him.

But the father-of-two died at the scene on Saturday and the party then had to wait for two hours until rescue teams could reach it and take Mr Langman down the mountain by foot to a waiting helicopter.

He was taken to Bangor Hospital where Mrs Langman had to formally identify her husband.

Mrs Langman, of Mellish Road, said she met her husband 37 years ago when they attended Wolverhampton's Municipal Grammar School where they were childhood sweethearts.

She said: "Any person you ask would tell you that Bob was the most wonderful, kind, giving and generous person you would meet.

"He was prone to random acts of kindness and everyone who met him loved him.

"We worshipped him and he worked hard for his family and gave us everything we could want. We couldn't have wished for a better husband or father."

She said her husband was a keen walker, and loved to play football every week and go ten-pin bowling. He leaves behind children Suzi, 19, and 18-year-old George.

The Pyg Track where Mr Langman died is regarded as one of the most difficult at the national park.