I don't like doing negative updates, but there is nothing for it in this instance.
I reported on the two climbers, who were airlifted off the Cairngorms earlier today, after being stuck in snow and ice overnight in atrocious weather conditions. Reports from Raigmore Hospital in Inverness state that both have died. They were from Aberdeen, and men, aged 18 and 23.
Only goes to show that the Scottish mountains may not be the highest, but 4,000 feet is 4,000 feet, the weather is the way it is, and should be taken seriously.
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Very sad. Surely they must have read the weather reports? People who go out in bad weather like that not only risk their own lives but those of the rescuers. I feel for their families.
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Prayers to their families & friends.
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That's so young! So sad.
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I'm sorry these men died, so young. Surely they must have heard the weather reports before setting off? Jeannette xx http://beta.journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Welcometomytravels/
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry about the two climbers. I read a lot of mountain climbing adventures, but it is always so sad when somebody gets killed, especially after you have stuck with them all through their heroic climbs. You feel as though somebody you know has met with disaster. I just got through reading one called "Climb." Which focused on the Russian guide who made some heroic rescues at the end when a terrible storm moved into the Himalayas.
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