A climber found curled up in the snow in -20C blizzard conditions on Ben Nevis was saved by a group of Royal Marines and Dutch marines during a training exercise.
The team, comprising Scottish Royal Marine Reserves (RMR) and the Dutch Korps Mariniers, had summited Britain’s highest mountain in Gale Force 8 winds with just one metre of visibility on 24 January when they spotted the man.
Footage released by the Royal Navy shows the troops transporting the climber, who had “ice blocks” on his face, down the mountain in a makeshift stretcher. “If we hadn't seen him, he certainly would not have survived,” said Sergeant Onno Lankhaar, section commander for the Dutch marines.
The climber later recovered enough to walk independently and was handed over to emergency services.
