Runner rescued after fall from icy mountain ridge
A runner who fell a "significant distance" from an icy mountain ridge on the Isle of Arran has been airlifted to hospital.
Rescue crews said he suffered multiple injuries following the incident on the north buttress of Stacach Ridge. Arran Mountain Rescue was called to the pass, which links Goatfell with North Goatfell, at about 15:00 on Tuesday.HM Coastguard's Rescue 199 helicopter was deployed from Prestwick, South Ayrshire.Arran Mountain Rescue said: "Thankfully the cloud lifted shortly after the call which allowed Rescue 199 to drop their winchman down to the casualty to start treatment, before picking up several team members and dropping them on the ridge.
"The winchman and team members packaged the casualty before he was winched onboard and flown to hospital.The man was taken by the coastguard to Prestwick Airport before being transported by the Scottish Ambulance Service to Ayr Hospital. Arran Mountain Rescue warned conditions on Arran's hills were highly changeable and asked climbers to equip themselves for full winter conditions with ice axe and crampons.
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