At 11.9 p.m. on 5th March, 1967, information was given that three men who were climbing to the west of South Stack were overdue. Their car had been found in the South Stack car park. The Holyhead C.R.E. Company and mountain rescue teams had been called out and the life-boat was needed to search at the foot of the cliffs. The life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 11.24 ^ a storm force south westerly wind and a very rough sea.

It was almost low water. She proceeded to the position indicated and carried out a search between North and South Stacks using both flares and searchlight but did not find anything. The heavy seas preven-ted her from going very close to the cliffs.

Forty seven minutes after midnight the coastguards reported that three professional climbers had arrived to assist in the search and at 1.23 a.m. some climbing gear was found at the top of the cliff. The lifeboat was standing by and illuminating the cliffs by firing flares. The climbers were located in the light of the flares at 2.42 about 400 feet down the sheer cliff wall in a little bay between the North and South Stacks. They were assisted to the top of the cliff by the cliff party and the lifeboat returned to her station at 4 o'clock..