A hillwalker who died during an expedition with a mountaineering club in the Highlands has been named by police.
Graham Connell, who was 31 and from Castleford, West Yorkshire, was found dead in the Jacob’s Ladder area of the Cairngorms on Monday following a large-scale search for him and five other people who were reported overdue on Sunday afternoon.
The other members in the party were picked up by an RAF rescue helicopter after being located by Braemar Mountain Rescue Team on a hill near Carn Tarsuinn at around 12.10pm. They were not hurt. Mr Connell’s body was recovered shortly after.
The search, co-ordinated by Northern Constabulary and Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team, involved over 100 people.
The walkers were part of a larger group of 35 people who were visiting the Highlands, police said.
The party of six, including Mr Connell, are thought to be members of the Leeds University Mountaineering Club.
The search operation was also assisted by Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Teams and officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, who are thought to have been in the area on a training exercise.
Further help was given by mountain rescue team members from the Lake District and Ogwen Valley in Wales, as well as sniffer dogs. Meanwhile, the RAF sent mountain rescue personnel from RAF stations in Lossiemouth, Leuchars and Leeming.
Police inquiries into the incident are continuing and a report will be submitted to procurator fiscal.