Ill-equipped mountain hikers rescued

TWO hikers were rescued off Britain’s second highest mountain in minus 15C temperatures wearing jogging bottoms and trainers.

- BY MIKE MERRITT

Rescuers could not believe the stupidity of the two men. The pair, in their 20s, had set-off at 6pm on Tuesday to climb up 4295 feet high Ben Macdui in the Cairngorms. But two-and-a-half hours later they were calling for help.

Thirteen members of Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team found them in “a precarious state”.