Four Men Who Were Rescued From Ben Nevis In A Blizzard While Wearing Trainers And Without A Map Have Said Sorry To Their Saviours With A Donation Of £200 And Other Gifts - After They Were Labelled A bunch Of Idiots

Four men who were rescued from Ben Nevis in a blizzard while wearing trainers and without a map have said sorry to their saviours with a donation of £200 and other gifts - after they were labelled a 'bunch of idiots'.     
The quartet, described as 'stupid' by Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team, got caught on steep and icy ground on Coire Eòghainn near the 4,413ft-high summit as a -20C blizzard stormed around them during Storm Ciara. 
Poorly-equipped - without ice axes, crampons, or maps on them - and separated from each other, discerning mountain rescuers called the young men 'lucky to be alive'. 
They used mobile phone app what3words to flag their location, before 22 fearless volunteers rushed to their aid and performed a long rescue operation in the midst of a ferocious lightning storm. 
But now the lucky quartet - who were treated at the Belford Hospital in Fort William - have tried to make amends with a £200 donation, wine and tour du lịch yên tử chocolates. 
They were even defended by the mountain rescue team who said the group 'had very little English', were 'extremely sorry' for their actions and should be 'cut a little bit of slack'.  
Chocolates, wine, a thank you card and donations sent to LMRT by four men who were rescued after getting lost on Ben Nevis in blizzard conditions without proper equipment, three of them wearing trainers
John Stevenson, leader of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team, told yesterday of how the group (one of whom is pictured sitting) was 'given a piece of our minds'.

He praised his team, who 'risked their lives' during the 'whiteout', and warned omninously: yên tử 'Those four would not have survived the night - no way'. Mr Stevenson called the four men 'absolute idiots'
After a long rescue operation by 22 volunteers (one pictured above) in the middle of a blizzard and lightning storm, the 'stupid' group-of-four were treated at Belford Hospital in Fort William
In a statement, LMRT said the men - who were visiting Scotland - had admitted a 'significant error of judgement and are extremely sorry for the results of their actions'. 
It added: 'The guys were just members of the public who perhaps were unaware of what they were getting into.

Not being from the UK and with very limited English, a lot of the information available to mountaineers and hill walkers would not have been accessible to them, so perhaps there is an element of mitigation in respect of their actions, clothing and lack of equipment.
'At present money from the Scottish Government is channelled, via Sportscotland, quite rightly so, into the (Scottish) Avalanche Information Service and for training and education through centres like Glenmore Lodge (the Scottish national outdoor centre) and kynghidongduong.vn agencies such as Mountaineering Scotland.
'Most of this will be targeted at people who are either engaged in the sport or have an interest in taking it up.

Perhaps more thought needs to be given into how to inform the general public/casual tourist about how dangerous our small mountains are and how severe our weather can get and how it will catch-out the unwary and uninformed at any time of the year.'
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