Runner rescued after falling and breaking bones on Maol Chean-dearg descent
TORRIDON Mountain Rescue Team were called out after a runner fell on the descent of a steep mountain, and broke two bones.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, the team was alerted to a walker stuck in technical terrain around the classic Black Carls ridge scramble on Beinn Eighe.
“A small team was whisked onto the mountain by Maritime and Coastguard Agency helicopter Rescue 151,” said Torridon Mountain Rescue Team (TMRT). “But with relatively low cloud, there was still a fair romp up onto the ridge with heavy packs and technical rescue gear. After a careful escort along the ridge with rope systems in place, the walker was successfully extracted and the team were back at base by 7am. A long night!”
Just as the rescue team were travelling back to base, they received another callout.
“We were alerted to a runner attempting the daunted The Martin Moran Foundation Martin Moran Round. The runner had fallen on the descent from Maol Chean-dearg, and thought they had broken their hand. Well-equipped and experienced, they walked themselves out over three hours almost to the roadside, where the team brought them to base for pain relief and immobilisation.
“An x-ray later revealed a nasty break to two bones in the hand. As ever a big thank you to the crew of Rescue 151 for their support on this rescue.”
TMRT is made up of volunteers who are on call 24/7, 365 days a year to help those in need in the mountains. They are almost entirely funded by public donations.
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