A climber has died after a fall on the UK’s highest mountain. The man’s climbing companion raised the alarm at about 6pm on Friday following the fall on the north face of Ben Nevis in the Highlands. Lochaber mountain rescue staff and an RAF team went to the scene along with rescue helicopter R951, and the men were airlifted from the mountain at about 2am on Saturday. It took 31 people and an ascent of nearly 2,000 feet, or 600 metres, to get to one of the climbers. “We would like to especially thank the RAF mountain rescue team, without their assistance and support we would have taken considerably longer to effect the evacuations.

Source: The Guardian October 10, 2016 09:00 UTC