Glencoe Casualties On Course
Two men who died in an accident last week were an instructor and course member it emerged today.
Posted: 1 March 2010
by Jon
The two men who died
on on Buchaille Etive Mor last Wednesday were an
instructor and client on
a Jagged Globe course the Sheffield-based guiding company
said today.
In a statement on its web site, the company says that the pair, along
with another course member had made an ascent of the classic Curved
Ridge route and had opted to descend by the normally safe NNE Ridge due
to snow conditions in the coire.
'At a location beyond Point 902 metres, a small area of snow gave way
and knocked the 2 members of the Jagged Globe party off their feet. No
one else was affected. Sadly, they were unable to stop their slide.'
The second course member along with an instructor and climber from
another organisation descended hoping to find the pair, but sadly both
died in the fall.
You can read the full release at www.jagged-globe.co.uk/news/#id1606
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