Charity hikers booed for swerving queue on race up Snowdon for terminally ill friend

Rick Thiedeman, 34, and Jamie Richardson, 32, were attempting the Three Peaks Challenge (Picture: Instagram/Rick Thiedeman)

Hikers raising money for a terminally ill friend say they faced booing and abuse after bypassing a huge queue to reach the summit on Mount Snowdon.

Rick Thiedeman, 34, and Jamie Richardson, 32, were attempting the Three Peaks Challenge, which involves summitting the UK’s three highest peaks in a set time, and passed climbers queuing for selfies.

They said the backlash was so bad that one individual tried to physically block Richardson from continuing his ascent.

After sharing footage of the encounter on Instagram, with the caption ‘Imagine climbing 3 mountains in 3 countries ...