A climber killed in a fall near the summit of Ben Nevis has been named by police.
Paul Guest, 32, from Kidderminster, died while scaling the Munro at Fort William on Sunday, February 19.
Fellow mountaineer David Warden, 46, also fell "a considerable height" and was seriously injured.
The alarm was raised at around 11am on Sunday when police received reports of two people having fallen near the mountain's 1344m peak.
Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre, based at RAF Kinloss in Moray, and Lochaber Mountain Rescue led the rescue operation.
Upon reaching the two climbers, rescuers found that one had died.
Mr Warden, who comes from Perth, was taken to Belford Hospital in Fort William. He was released on Monday.
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