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39 year-old climbing guide survives 700ft fall in Glencoe
Yesterday afternoon, Max Hunter, a 39 year-old climbing guide leading three clients at the time, fell 700ft with a collapsing cornice in the Stob Coire nan Lochan area.
Mr Hunter, who works for a climbing company, moved to Fort William from Swansea for the climbing opportunities offered by Scotland’s mountains.
Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team and an RAF helicopter were on the scene and got the guide airlifted to Belford Hospital in Fort William – where he has had time to come to terms with his good luck.
Windsurfer rescued at Loch Leven
A windsurfer who had fallen off his board and got separated from it has been rescued by Clyde Coastguards in Loch Leven, west of Ballachulish. The Glensanda Quarry boat, MV Lady Fiona, assisted in the search launched by an onlooker who spotted him struggling in the water. The man had no injuries but was suffering from hypothermia and has been airlifted to Belford Hospital at Fort Willam.