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| Two climbers swept away by an avalanche in the Highlands have died, police have confirmed. | Two climbers swept away by an avalanche in the Highlands have died, police have confirmed. |
| The bodies of two men were recovered by a mountain rescue team from the Buchaille Etive Mor area of Glencoe. | |
| The men, who have not yet been named, were swept up in the avalanche at about 1645 GMT. | The men, who have not yet been named, were swept up in the avalanche at about 1645 GMT. |
| The Glencoe incident was the second suspected avalanche in Scotland on Wednesday, after a man was injured on the north face of Ben Nevis. | The Glencoe incident was the second suspected avalanche in Scotland on Wednesday, after a man was injured on the north face of Ben Nevis. |
| The leader of Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team, John Grieve, said the dead men were in a party of three. | |
| "Two of them set off a very small, slab avalanche that just took them off their feet, they fell a long way," he said. | |
| "It was very steep ground and they fell about 1,500ft." | |
| In the Ben Nevis incident, which took place at about 1030 GMT, the man was given medical attention on the mountain before being flown to hospital in Fort William and subsequently, to Glasgow's Southern General Hospital. |