Climber dies in 1500ft plunge.A CLIMBER climb·er n. 1. One that climbs, especially a person who climbs mountains. 2. Sports A device, such as a crampon, used in mountain climbing. 3. A plant that climbs. 4. fell 1500 feet to his death just a few miles from the scene of the Aonach Mor tragedy. The alarm was raised by three others who were climbing with 38-year-old Paul Fooks. An emergency team found his body on Sgurr a' Mhaim near Fort William Fort William: see Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada. . Lochaber mountain rescue team were called in and a helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth RAF Lossiemouth (IATA: LMO, ICAO: EGQS) is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. It is one of the RAF's biggest bases and currently Britain's main base for Tornado GR4s. helped search the area. A police spokesman said Mr Fooks, of Nottingham, appeared to have lost his grip before plunging to his death on Hogmanay. His neighbour Margaret Fountain said: "This is a real shock. "We knew he used to go climbing because you would see him going off at the weekends with a rucksack on his back." She said Mr Fooks lived alone. Meanwhile, climber Michael Burnham fell 900 feet on a snow covered mountain and escaped with only cuts and bruises Bruises Definition Bruises, or ecchymoses, are a discoloration and tenderness of the skin or mucous membranes due to the leakage of blood from an injured blood vessel into the tissues. Pupura refers to bruising as the result of a disease condition. , it was revealed yesterday . Mr Burnham, from Bristol, had been climbing with three others when he fell while 2800 feet up on Sgorr Dhearg, near Ballachulish. One of the party used his mobile phone to raise the alarm and a rescue chopper from RAF Lossiemouth was scrambled scram·ble v. scram·bled, scram·bling, scram·bles v.intr. 1. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees. 2. as well as the 15-strong Glencoe mountain rescue team. They had to battle against 70 mph winds to locate him. |
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