Group Wearing Trainers and With No Winter Kit ‘Lucky to be Alive’ After Rescue from Summit of UK’s Highest Mountain Four people who had to be rescued from near the summit of the UK’s tallest mountain are lucky to be alive, according to their rescuers. The group was caught in blizzard conditions on Ben Nevis in Scotland with “no ice axes, no crampons and as far as we are aware no maps”. Three of them were wearing trainers Related: 3 […] Climbing CragBrains | February 11, 2020 0 Comments
3 Climbers Killed by Avalanche on UK’s Highest Mountain Had Ignored ‘High Risk’ Warning Three climbers have died after being caught up in an avalanche on the UK’s highest mountain, following warnings of a high avalanche risk. The incident, which injured another person, occurred at 11.50 am in gully number five located on the mountain’s north-eastern aspect. Tuesday’s avalanche hazard was high, according to the Scottish Avalanche Information Service. The red alert indicates that “natural and human […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 14, 2019 0 Comments
University Student Dies in 1,600-Foot Fall While Climbing Ben Nevis, UK’s Highest Mountain A climber has died after falling more than 1,600ft on the UK’s highest peak, Ben Nevis. The man was climbing the Scottish mountain with a fellow climber from Cardiff University Mountaineering Club, who miraculously survived the same plunge with just a couple of broken bones. The pair, in their 20s, were scaling Tower Gully on the mountain’s North Face and were […] Climbing CragBrains | December 17, 2018 0 Comments
Mountaineers Being Given Unique Opportunity to Purchase their Own Acre of the UK’s Tallest Mountain Mountaineers from across the world are being given a unique opportunity to ‘adopt an acre’ of four of Scotland’s iconic mountains – including the UK’s tallest mountain Ben Nevis, reports the Press and Journal. Scottish charity, The John Muir Trust, is inviting outdoor lovers to help preserve Scotland’s finest Munros by ‘adopting an acre’ of Ben Nevis, Schiehallion in Perthshire, […] SnowBrains | October 18, 2018 0 Comments
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