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avalanche Highlands Serious incident
Ben Nevis
An avalanche on Ben Nevis on 30 December resulted in the death of a 48-year-old climber and serious injury to a 40-year-old man who slid approximately 600 metres down the mountain. The injured casualty was evacuated by helicopter to Belford Hospital after an eight-hour extrication operation in challenging weather conditions.
Outcome: one fatality; one casualty evacuated by helicopter to hospital with serious injuries
Responding team
Sources
- Mountain climber dies and second rescued after avalanche on Ben Nevis
- Climber dies and another injured after avalanche on Ben Nevis
- Ben Nevis: Climber dies after avalanche on Scottish mountain
- Avalanche Kills Climber in Scotland
- Ben Nevis climber dies and another injured after avalanche
- Avalanche at north face of Ben Nevis claims life of climber, seriously injures second
- Ben Nevis: Climber dies in terrifying 2,000-foot fall after avalanche
- Climber dies and another injured in Ben Nevis avalanche
- Teacher killed in Ben Nevis avalanche named as Mark Bessell, a 48-year-old man from Bristol
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