Ben Nevis survivor says climbers had ‘two seconds’ before avalanche hit

Mathieu Biselx is in hospital in Glasgow after rare avalanche killed three fellow climbers

The sole survivor of an avalanche that killed three climbers on Ben Nevis has described being suddenly swept away by the force of the snowslide.

Mathieu Biselx, 30, has told a Swiss newspaper he and his climbing companions had only two seconds’ warning before being hit by the sudden avalanche on No 5 Gully on the mountain, the UK’s highest peak.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2O0hCug