The Grey Corries
Police have named a man who died while walking in the Grey Corries, Lochaber.
He was Anthony Smith, 35, a fitness instructor, from London. He was reported missing after failing to show up at Spean Bridge on 29 December. He had said he was going to walk the Aonach Mòr ridge.
A major two-day search by Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team was hampered by freezing fog and poor visibility. A passing walker discovered Mr Smith’s body on Tuesday. An RAF helicopter also took part in the search for the Londoner, described by police as an experienced walker.
His next of kin have been informed and a report submitted to the procurator fiscal. A spokesman for Northern Constabulary thanked members of the public, Lochaber MRT and the RAF for their help during the search.
In a busy period for mountain rescuers, a woman from Leeds had to be carried from Cairn Gorm after she injured her leg in the Coire Cas area. Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team, helped by the Cairngorm Rangers brought the 29-year-old down from the mountain. She was then treated for her injuries at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness.
A spokesman for Northern Constabulary said: “The injured female was well equipped and the injury was not sustained as the result of a fall. Her injury was not life threatening.”
Torridon Mountain Rescue Team was called to the aid of a woman who injured her ankle while walking in the Diabaig area. She was airlifted to Broadford Hospital, Skye, by Stornoway Coastguard on Tuesday.
The same day, at 2pm, police received a call saying a climber had been injured in Glencoe.
A member of the public came across the woman, who had fallen about 50m into an ice gully on Bidean Nam Bian. She was airlifted by helicopter to Oban Hospital.
Ogwen Mountain Rescue Team went to the aid of a stricken walker on Tal y Fan yesterday.
The 62-year-old woman fell and injured her ankle while walking on the 610m (2,001 ft) hill at the northern edge of the Snowdonia national park.
She was with a party of walkers from the Midlands and the Canterbury area. Ogwen MRT was alerted at 1.30pm after the walker had slipped on ice.
The RAF rescue helicopter was working elsewhere, so the air ambulance was called and she was carried 200m to the aircraft by the team and flown to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor.
A brother and sister were rescued from Goatfell on Arran when they became benighted on the mountain.
The pair used the light of their mobile phone to guide members of the Arran Mountain Rescue Team to their position, on the Cladach path.
A police helicopter had been unable to locate the pair, from Glasgow. Mountain rescuers found them about 8.45pm on Monday and they were led to safety and taken to Arran War Memorial Hospital, and subsequently discharged.
Meanwhile, a walker with an injured ankle was airlifted from the Fannichs, north-east of Kinlochewe.
Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team was able to deal with a lesser emergency when a walker dialled 999 to say he had forgotten the name of the place he was staying.
He had gone for a walk and become disoriented in the dark. A spokesman for the team said: “A man went for a walk from a holiday cottage that he couldn’t quite remember the name of.
“It went dark; he got lost. He phoned for help. When he said he could see a house with lights on, he was advised to knock on the door and ask for directions.”
