A MOUNTAIN walker fell 130ft to his death while with his two sons.

       The 66-year-old man, thought to be a visitor from England, was on Carn Mor Dearg in the Grampians.

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       A 66-year-old walker fell 130ft to his death while with his two sons on Carn Mor Dearg in Scotland

       Ten rescuers and a helicopter retrieved his body.

       Other walkers were led to safety at lunchtime on Sunday.

       A report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.

       Iain Murray, of Lochaber mountain rescue team, said: “He fell a considerable distance in a very steep place.

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       “I believe he had two of his sons with him and so this is particularly tragic event for them.”

       Two hours later, the coastguard helicopter rescued a man and a woman in their 20s at the same ridge, which links the mountain to Ben Nevis.

       One had got stuck with nerves over their climb.

       Meanwhile Lochaber MRT is heading for a record year of call outs having now answered 114 - just 18 short of their highest total.

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       Among the recent call outs was to a hypothermic two-year-old child being carried in a back pack up Ben Nevis by his parents.

       The father, who was in shorts and a t-shirt, was also showing signs of suffering from the wind and the wet.