Assynt Mountain Rescue team help lost walkers at Britain's highest waterfall near Kylesku
Two walkers sparked a rescue near Britain's highest waterfall, located in Assynt five miles south-east of Kylesku,
Members of Assynt Mountain Rescue Team were sent to Eas a' Chual Aluinn, the highest waterfall in Britain at 638 feet, last Thursday.
The two lost walkers had gone to see the spectacular waterfall.
As spokesperson for the team said: "Due to some crossed wires at the time of the 999 call, initial details for this call-out were vague to say the least.”
"All we had to work from was a mobile telephone number and an approximate location. Knowing this area well, we sent a hasty party of two Assynt MRT volunteers up the main path in the direction of the waterfall.
“In the meantime, we had sent a phone find request to the mobile number from which the 999 call had been made.
"After an hour, the lost walker’s mobile phone regained network coverage and they responded to the text message providing us with their location on the map.
“Fortunately, our guess as to their likely location had been accurate and they were quickly met by our hasty party of two who provided some food, warm clothing and an escort back to their car.”
It was the team's second call out in just over 24 hours.
The full team plus six dogs from the Search and Rescue Dog Association (Scotland) were called out to search for a missing person in the Achfary area in Sutherland.
Concerns were raised about a walker who had last been seen heading out into the hills the previous morning. They did not appear to have any overnight equipment with them and were unable to be contacted by mobile phone 24 hours later.
The spokesperson said: “Fortunately, the individual was located safe and well shortly after the search began. They had decided to spend the night in a local bothy and then make the most of the sunny weather by taking the scenic route home.”
