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| Ben Nevis: woman dies after falling 500ft on New Year's Day | Ben Nevis: woman dies after falling 500ft on New Year's Day |
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| A 22-year-old woman has died after falling about 500ft on Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands on New Year’s Day. | A 22-year-old woman has died after falling about 500ft on Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands on New Year’s Day. |
| The Bristol University student was climbing with three others on a planned expedition along a popular ledge route when she fell. | The Bristol University student was climbing with three others on a planned expedition along a popular ledge route when she fell. |
| The tragedy comes only two weeks after the death of another student climber on Britain’s highest peak. | The tragedy comes only two weeks after the death of another student climber on Britain’s highest peak. |
| Patrick Boothroyd, 21, a Cardiff University student, died after sustaining a serious head injury when he fell 100ft after a ledge of snow collapsed as he scaled Tower Gully on the 4,413ft peak on 16 December. | Patrick Boothroyd, 21, a Cardiff University student, died after sustaining a serious head injury when he fell 100ft after a ledge of snow collapsed as he scaled Tower Gully on the 4,413ft peak on 16 December. |
| John Stevenson, from Lochaber mountain rescue ream, said the conditions on the mountain were very cold. He said: “I think the rocks would have been pretty icy. It was a big fall.” | John Stevenson, from Lochaber mountain rescue ream, said the conditions on the mountain were very cold. He said: “I think the rocks would have been pretty icy. It was a big fall.” |
| The team received an emergency call at around 10.30am on Tuesday, and a coastguard search and rescue helicopter from Inverness airlifted members of the mountain rescue team to recover the woman’s body and extract the other climbers. | The team received an emergency call at around 10.30am on Tuesday, and a coastguard search and rescue helicopter from Inverness airlifted members of the mountain rescue team to recover the woman’s body and extract the other climbers. |
| Stevenson said: “We had to get the other three off the mountain – they were stuck. The weather cleared and the helicopter managed to get in and airlift them. The woman was located, she hadn’t survived. The other three – I think two men and a woman – were stuck on the route and were clearly very shocked.” | Stevenson said: “We had to get the other three off the mountain – they were stuck. The weather cleared and the helicopter managed to get in and airlift them. The woman was located, she hadn’t survived. The other three – I think two men and a woman – were stuck on the route and were clearly very shocked.” |
| A statement posted on the Lochaber mountain rescue team Facebook page said: “The team had to recover a young climber who unfortunately lost her life following an accident on Càrn Dearg on Ben Nevis. We pass on our sincere condolences to her family and friends. A very sad start to 2019.” | A statement posted on the Lochaber mountain rescue team Facebook page said: “The team had to recover a young climber who unfortunately lost her life following an accident on Càrn Dearg on Ben Nevis. We pass on our sincere condolences to her family and friends. A very sad start to 2019.” |
| The team went on to thank the coastguard helicopter crew, adding: “We witnessed another example of exceptional flying getting the team into location to evacuate the casualty and in recovering her colleagues from a very difficult location.” | |
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