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| A climber has died after a fall on the UK’s highest mountain. | 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 after 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 a rescue helicopter and the men were airlifted from the mountain at about 2am on Saturday. | |
| The casualty, who was in his 50s, died as a result of his injuries, police said. The other man was not injured. | The casualty, who was in his 50s, died as a result of his injuries, police said. The other man was not injured. |
| A police spokesman said: “Members of the mountain rescue teams are thanked for their courageous efforts during the rescue, carried out in dark and difficult conditions.” | A police spokesman said: “Members of the mountain rescue teams are thanked for their courageous efforts during the rescue, carried out in dark and difficult conditions.” |
| Lochaber mountain rescue staff said on its Facebook page on Monday that the rescue was one of the “most difficult and technical” the team had been involved in. | |
| It took 31 people and an ascent of nearly 2,000 ft, or 600 metres, to get to one of the climbers. The post continued: “This was a very technical exercise, locating the precise location of the casualty in cloud and in the dark on a huge face on very dangerous terrain. | |
| “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. Finally, a very big public thank you to all the team members who took part on the rescue at considerable risk to themselves to save a life.” | |
| The news follows an earlier incident this month when a man died after falling near the east gully of Aonach Mor, also in the Nevis range. |