Two climbers who were scaling Ben Nevis but decided to turn back less than an hour before the avalanche have described the terrifying conditions on the mountain. Two climbers who were scaling Ben Nevis but decided to turn back less than an hour before the avalanche have described the terrifying conditions on the mountain. 'It was just really, really scary' - Two Irish climbers who abandoned hike narrowly escaped Ben Nevis avalanche which killed threeEoin Donnelly, 20, and Jean Gill, 20, had travelled to Scotland from Co. Kildare in Ireland to try and reach the UK's highest summit. It was just really, really scary. Two of the men caught on Ben Nevis were French, aged 41 and 32, and the third was a Swiss 43-year-old.

Source: Irish Independent March 13, 2019 18:17 UTC