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Climber survives massive Glencoe fall

Bidean nam Bian, Glencoe

Cliffs of Stob Coire an Lochain

A climber survived with only minor minor injuries after falling 700ft (213m) in Glencoe. The accident happened after a cornice collapsed near Stob Coire nan Lochan on Bidean nam Bian yesterday (Sunday 1 March) afternoon.

Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team and an RAF helicopter helped to locate and airlift the man to hospital in Fort William.

This entry was posted on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 at 10:29 am and is filed under Walking News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

One Response to “Climber survives massive Glencoe fall”

  1. sam Says:
    March 2nd, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    i was on the stob corries that day and saw the helicopter, didnt realise what had happened.


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