Lucky escape for 200m-fall climbers

TWO climbers were swept 200 metres down a mountain in the West Highlands yesterday - and suffered only minor injuries.

By The Newsroom

Published 26th Dec 2010, 14:25 BST

Updated 27th Dec 2010, 00:37 BST

The men had been climbing Sail Mhor, a mountain to the south of Little Loch Broom, when a slab of snow gave way.