IT'S a debate as old as the hills – and it came back into sharp focus this weekend after the latest climbing fatalities in the Highlands.
IT'S a debate as old as the hills – and it came back into sharp focus this weekend after the latest climbing fatalities in the Highlands.
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by Russell Leadbetter Nine deaths this year bring debate into focus
What – if anything – should be done to lessen the number of deaths in Scotland's mountains?
Three climbers died after an avalanche in the Chalamain Gap area of the Cairngorms. It was the third serious avalanche accident in Scotland this year. Four people died on Bidean nam Bian, Glencoe, on January 19. Two weeks ago, three climbers survived being swept 150 metres by snow in the Cairngorms.
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