Four people have died after an avalanche in Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands, the Northern Constabulary has said.
A party of six climbers, three men and three women, were caught up in the avalanche on Bidean Nam Bian, at about 14:00.
One male member of the party raised the alarm.
The sixth climber, a woman, is in a serious condition in hospital in Fort William.
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I used to live down by the Pier.
Mountain climbers eh they never learn.
Still 
very sad, I read it earlier...seems the woman is suffering from a serious spinal injury...or at least that was reported earlier on aol news
I used to live down by the Pier.
Mountain climbers eh they never learn.
Still
It's sad Velvet but it gets me so mad that they go climbing in conditions that they know are highly dangerous .The brave ones are the searchers and helicopter service personnel that have to try and bring them home alive .
oh no! That's awful, why were they up there in bad weather?I used to live down by the Pier.
Mountain climbers eh they never learn.
Still
It's sad Velvet but it gets me so mad that they go climbing in conditions that they know are highly dangerous .The brave ones are the searchers and helicopter service personnel that have to try and bring them home alive .
Yep.
I think they get carried away by the thrill of beating the challenge and the odds....and forget about the safety issue until it's too late.
I used to live down by the Pier.
Mountain climbers eh they never learn.
Still
It's sad Velvet but it gets me so mad that they go climbing in conditions that they know are highly dangerous .The brave ones are the searchers and helicopter service personnel that have to try and bring them home alive .
Horrible that people have lost their lives but yes, I agree with you Erin...It's the rescue people you have to feel for 
oh no! That's awful, why were they up there in bad weather?Cos they have no sense obviously!
The Clachaig isnae bad.
very sad, I read it earlier...seems the woman is suffering from a serious spinal injury...or at least that was reported earlier on aol news
BBC news saying it's serious head injuries, but that could of course affect the spine.
oh no! That's awful, why were they up there in bad weather?Cos they have no sense obviously!
Apparently the avalanche risk was the second lowest (considerable), however in my opinion ANY avalanche risk is serious.
I used to live down by the Pier.
Mountain climbers eh they never learn.
Still
It's sad Velvet but it gets me so mad that they go climbing in conditions that they know are highly dangerous .The brave ones are the searchers and helicopter service personnel that have to try and bring them home alive .
Yep - terrible thing to happen, but surely going up in this weather is a pretty selfish act.
oh no! That's awful, why were they up there in bad weather?Cos they have no sense obviously!
Apparently the avalanche risk was the second lowest (considerable), however in my opinion ANY avalanche risk is serious.
YEP!
I used to live down by the Pier.
Mountain climbers eh they never learn.
Still
It's sad Velvet but it gets me so mad that they go climbing in conditions that they know are highly dangerous .The brave ones are the searchers and helicopter service personnel that have to try and bring them home alive .
Yep - terrible thing to happen, but surely going up in this weather is a pretty selfish act.
*Agrees with Kaffs*
very sad, I read it earlier...seems the woman is suffering from a serious spinal injury...or at least that was reported earlier on aol news
BBC news saying it's serious head injuries, but that could of course affect the spine.
I always take the Huffington Post with a pinch of salt until its proven Fluffs
I used to live down by the Pier.
Mountain climbers eh they never learn.
Still
It's sad Velvet but it gets me so mad that they go climbing in conditions that they know are highly dangerous .The brave ones are the searchers and helicopter service personnel that have to try and bring them home alive .
Horrible that people have lost their lives but yes, I agree with you Erin...It's the rescue people you have to feel for
It's not like they knew there would be an avalanche.
I used to live down by the Pier.
Mountain climbers eh they never learn.
Still
It's sad Velvet but it gets me so mad that they go climbing in conditions that they know are highly dangerous .The brave ones are the searchers and helicopter service personnel that have to try and bring them home alive .
Agrees
I used to live down by the Pier.
Mountain climbers eh they never learn.
Still
It's sad Velvet but it gets me so mad that they go climbing in conditions that they know are highly dangerous .The brave ones are the searchers and helicopter service personnel that have to try and bring them home alive .
Horrible that people have lost their lives but yes, I agree with you Erin...It's the rescue people you have to feel for
It's not like they knew there would be an avalanche.
Well, they sort of did. The avalanche risk level was -considerable-. Although that may be the 2nd lowest level, as it's only out of 4 levels that to me is a pretty big risk they were taking.
