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| Glencoe: Fourth victim named as Rachel Majumdar of Merseyside | Glencoe: Fourth victim named as Rachel Majumdar of Merseyside |
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| A climber who died along with three friends in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands has been named as Dr Rachel Majumdar from Merseyside. | A climber who died along with three friends in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands has been named as Dr Rachel Majumdar from Merseyside. |
| Christopher Bell, from Blackburn, Una Finnegan from County Londonderry and Tom Chesters, from Sidmouth in Devon, also died in Saturday's incident. | Christopher Bell, from Blackburn, Una Finnegan from County Londonderry and Tom Chesters, from Sidmouth in Devon, also died in Saturday's incident. |
| A 24-year-old woman remains critical in hospital and a sixth climber, a man, survived. | A 24-year-old woman remains critical in hospital and a sixth climber, a man, survived. |
| They had been descending a mountain in Glencoe. | They had been descending a mountain in Glencoe. |
| The group were caught up in the avalanche on Bidean Nam Bian at about 14:00 GMT. | The group were caught up in the avalanche on Bidean Nam Bian at about 14:00 GMT. |
| It is thought the five of them were carried down the mountain when the slope they were on broke away. | It is thought the five of them were carried down the mountain when the slope they were on broke away. |
| The sixth member survived by leaping from the collapsing snow and hammering an ice axe into the ground. | The sixth member survived by leaping from the collapsing snow and hammering an ice axe into the ground. |
| Dr Majumdar, 29, was a doctor working at Harrogate District Hospital. | Dr Majumdar, 29, was a doctor working at Harrogate District Hospital. |
| She was originally from Merseyside and had recently been living in Leeds. | She was originally from Merseyside and had recently been living in Leeds. |
| Dr Finnegan, 25, was a junior doctor living in Edinburgh. | |
| Mr Chesters, 28, was a PhD student at Hull University and was living in Leeds. | |
| Mr Bell, 24, from Balderstone near Blackburn in Lancashire, was studying for a PHD in Ocean Mapping in Oban. |