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Exhausted hiker saved off Ben Nevis
A male hillwalker suffering from exhaustion and hypothermia on Ben Nevis has been helped to safety by rescuers.
A group of walkers found the man and helped him part of the way down, but he became unable to continue the descent.
Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team were alerted and assisted the man off the hill. He was taken to hospital to be treated for hypothermia.
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