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Girls found after mountain search | Girls found after mountain search |
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Four teenage girls who went missing overnight in the Cairngorms while taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh trek have been found safe and well. | Four teenage girls who went missing overnight in the Cairngorms while taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh trek have been found safe and well. |
The youngsters, aged between 16 and 18, failed to arrive at a camp site near Loch Laggan on Friday night after hiking through the forests. | The youngsters, aged between 16 and 18, failed to arrive at a camp site near Loch Laggan on Friday night after hiking through the forests. |
They were located at about 1245 BST on Saturday after a search involving the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue and the RAF. The girls were all pupils at Perth Academy. | |
The alarm was raised at about 2230 BST on Friday after they failed to rendezvous at an agreed point in the area of Feagour, near Kinloch Laggan. | |
All four girls were in the area for the assessment of a Duke of Edinburgh gold award. | |
Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team, assisted by RAF Leeming Mountain Rescue team (training in Glencoe) and Rescue137 helicopter carried out a search. | |
The girls were said to be well equipped and had slept out overnight. |