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| Second rescue after climber dies | Second rescue after climber dies |
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| Rescue teams have gone to the aid of an injured man in the Cuillins on Skye just hours after another climber died in the mountain range. | Rescue teams have gone to the aid of an injured man in the Cuillins on Skye just hours after another climber died in the mountain range. |
| Skye Mountain Rescue Team and Stornoway Coastguard helicopter were scrambled and the climber was airlifted to the island's Broadford Hospital. | Skye Mountain Rescue Team and Stornoway Coastguard helicopter were scrambled and the climber was airlifted to the island's Broadford Hospital. |
| Police said the man fell about 30m from the summit of Sgurr Nan Eag. | Police said the man fell about 30m from the summit of Sgurr Nan Eag. |
| A man died after falling along with another climber near the Am Basteir Ridge at about 1430 BST on Monday. | A man died after falling along with another climber near the Am Basteir Ridge at about 1430 BST on Monday. |
| Eighteen members of Skye Mountain rescue team and the coastguard helicopter from Stornoway were involved in the earlier operation. | Eighteen members of Skye Mountain rescue team and the coastguard helicopter from Stornoway were involved in the earlier operation. |
| Police named the dead climber as Matthew Elliott, 31, from Harrowgate, North Yorkshire. |