A MEDICAL student from Essex was killed after falling 300 feet to his death from Britain's highest mountain Ben Nevis.Experienced climber Ben St Joseph, 22, of Tollesbury, was climbing Tower Ridge and is believed to have been roughly 2,800 feet up the 4,409 foot mountain in Scotland when he fell into Tower Gully on Saturday morning.
A spokesman for the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team (LMRT) said: "The team were asked to assist a climber seen to have fallen from Tower Ridge by fellow climbers.
"Despite the best efforts of R177, the LMRT members and the Belford hospital the climber was later pronounced deceased."A Northern Constabulary spokesman added: "A male climber fell from Tower Ridge into Tower Gully, Ben Nevis."LMRT were contacted and with the assistance of Royal Navy Search and Rescue the male was rescued from Tower Gully, however, he had sustained fatal injuries."He is believed to have fallen a distance of about 100 metres."
A spokesman for the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team (LMRT) said: "The team were asked to assist a climber seen to have fallen from Tower Ridge by fellow climbers.
"Despite the best efforts of R177, the LMRT members and the Belford hospital the climber was later pronounced deceased."A Northern Constabulary spokesman added: "A male climber fell from Tower Ridge into Tower Gully, Ben Nevis."LMRT were contacted and with the assistance of Royal Navy Search and Rescue the male was rescued from Tower Gully, however, he had sustained fatal injuries."He is believed to have fallen a distance of about 100 metres."
