UK, 3 hikers found dead after failing to return from Aonach Eagach Ridge, Glencoe Scotland, 5 August 2023.

[StillDiggin]

This is so sad. Thought to be one of the most dangerous ridges to hike in the UK.

Three hillwalkers die after failing to return from 'dangerous' hike

Police, RAF, Glencoe Mountain Rescue and Coastguard teams searched for the group on the Aonach Eagach ridge.

news.stv.tv

 

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Missing hikers who fell to deaths were 'guide and clients tied up together'

A group of three hillwalkers had set out in Glencoe, before they tragically fell to their deaths from the Aonach Eagach mountain ridge and were later discovered dead by rescue teams

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[al66pine]

From same link as ^
Missing hikers who fell to deaths were 'guide and clients tied up together'

"Police Scotland said there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances around the deaths. It has since emerged that the trio were roped together, and the guide was described as “uber experienced”.

"It is thought that the group were roped together as they made their way across the rocky six-mile course. The stretch has sadly claimed at least four other lives over the past nine years."

Sad, sad, sad.

 

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Mountain guide and climber who died in Glencoe tragedy named

The bodies of two men, aged 39 and 60, and one woman, aged 64, were found by volunteers early on Sunday.

news.stv.tv

Watchdog to investigate climber deaths on Glen Coe

The Health and Safety Executive is working with police to investigate three Aonach Eagach fatalities.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[rhino]

I hadn’t realised there was a thread on this. Really awful. I had done the same route a couple of weeks before and certainly wouldn’t have wanted to be up there in anything less than perfect weather.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said on Friday it was investigating the incident and was working with police. A HSE spokesperson said: “We are aware of this incident and making enquiries alongside Police Scotland.”

Health and Safety Executive issue major update after death of three climbers

Experienced mountaineer Dave Fowler died alongside two others in the tragedy at Aonach Eagach ridge on Glencoe in Scotland at the weekend, Police Scotland said

www.mirror.co.uk