Snowdon hikers boo charity walkers for skipping the queue on the way to the summit as they raise funds for friend with motor neurone disease

Two hikers, climbing Snowdon for charity, were booed by fellow hikers after they skipped a lengthy queue to reach the summit. 

Rick Thiedeman, 34, and Jamie Richardson, 32, had spent 26 hours scaling Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike before making their way to the Welsh mountain in a Three Peaks challenge. 

But when the duo, who are raising money for their friend, Tom Hynes, who has motor neurone disease, arrived at the mountain officially known as Yr Wyddfa, they were met with boos. 

In a video posted on Mr Thiedeman’s Instagram, a lengthy queue with an estimated 40-minute wait could be seen as the

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