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Rescuers tell of bid to save climber

MOUNTAIN rescuers have described the struggle they faced trying to rescue a climber whose body was found in the Highlands.

The 39-year-old man, who has not been named, was found dead near the summit of Bidean Nam Bian in Glen Coe. He was the fifth climber person to perish in Glen Coe this year, after four died in an avalanche in January

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