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Amelia Shone-Adams BBC Wales

Jamie Richardson

Jamie Richardson (left) and Richard Thiedeman were taking part in the Three Peaks Challenge

Two charity hikers who skipped queues to reach the summit of Yr Wyddfa have spoken of their anger at being booed.

Jamie Richardson, 32, and Richard Thiedeman, 34, avoided "Alton Towers-like" queues as they hiked different routes up the mountain on Sunday and were met with jeers from those waiting as they tapped the trig point to complete a charity challenge.

The pair from Lincolnshire had already climbed Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike as they attempted the Three Peaks challenge, raising money for their friend Thomas Hynes who has motor neurone disease (MND).

Richardson said: "There's no policing of it at all, it is purely free will, if you want to queue you can."

Over the years, it has been reported that visitors have waited over an hour to reach the trig point, which is 1,085m (3,560ft) high.

Richardson and Thiedeman planned to do the challenge in 24…