On this day, a two-day navigational expedition in a remote area of the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands came to a tragic conclusion when five teenage participants and an assistant all died of exposure. On reaching the Cairngorm Plateau, the expedition split into two groups, one led by Ben Beattie and the other by Catherine Davidson, but weather conditions deteriorated very quickly and Davidson’s less experienced group, concerned that they would not find the pre-arranged Curran shelter, decided to bivouac out on the plateau. The blizzard continued to rage all through Sunday, but Beattie’s more experienced group managed to descend from the Curran shelter in the late afternoon and raise the alarm. The following morning, rescue teams eventually found Davidson, barely alive and crawling for help. With her guidance they were able to locate and dig out the bodies of the assistant and the six teenagers, only one of whom was still alive. A memorial service to the victims was held at Insh parish church on 28 November.
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Hi, Tony. I live up in the Dolomites and what is narrated in today’s article is something that happens almost every other day in this area, in winter. Often disasters like this happen , due to inexperience or adverse weather conditions, but what is even worse is that the reascuers’ lives are put at risk.
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There’s something about mountains. It’s the same story on Everest.
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