Climber suffers fatal fall from UK’s highest mountain

BEN NEVIS, Scotland – One climber fell to their death, and different was earnestly injured connected Saturday aft climbing Ben Nevis successful Scotland, requiring hunt and betterment by a squad of trained upland volunteers.

According to the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team (LMRT), Police Scotland reached retired to the squad astir 2 fallen climbers successful the country of Moonlight Gully connected Ben Nevis. Rescuers located 1 climber with superior injuries. However, owed to "very challenging weather conditions" and hazardous terrain, the squad had to instrumentality Sunday greeting to retrieve the 2nd climber, who was deceased.

Ben Nevis highest successful Lochaber, Scotland. 

(Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team)

"We nonstop our deepest condolences to the family, and would similar to connection acknowledgment to the unit of Coastguard Rescue Helicopter R151 and members of Police Scotland MRT North Division," Lochaber Mountain Rescue wrote connected Facebook.

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The LMRT serves arsenic Police Scotland's upland rescue squad connected Ben Nevis, the U.K.’s highest upland astatine much than 4,400 feet tall, successful the Lochaber portion of the Scotland Highlands.

The fatal autumn was the team’s 4th telephone for incidents successful Lochaber this week. According to the volunteer organization’s website, Ben Nevis receives hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, which has doubled implicit the past 20 years, meaning an expanding request for perilous rescues.

Last year, the squad responded to a grounds 165 call-outs, including 1 time with 5 call-outs alone.