A WIDOW has paid tribute to the climber who died on Ben Nevis while a helicopter crew was trying to rescue him.
A WIDOW has paid tribute to the climber who died on Ben Nevis while a helicopter crew was trying to rescue him.
shock: Mark Phillips was named as the climber who died on Ben Nevis. Above, how The Herald reported the incident.
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David Ross Highland Correspondent
Mark Phillips, 51, from Spean Bridge, was climbing with a friend in the Raeburn's Buttress area on the north face of Britain's highest peak when he fell around 160ft.
The father-of-one was still roped to his fellow climber, which broke his fall, and it is believed that although seriously injured, he was still alive when the helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth arrived on Monday.
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