A tourist had to be rescued from one of Scotland’s highest mountains after climbing in flip-flops.
The walker and two friends were exploring 4,006ft Aonach Mor in Lochaber near Fort William to "see the snow" when he slipped and hurt his ankle, reports the Daily Mail.
One of the other men was barefoot and the other was wearing trainers.
Members of Lochaber Mountain Rescue stretchered the injured man to the mountain’s gondola lift and then on to a waiting ambulance which took him to the Belford Hospital at Fort William.
It is understood the trio had taken the gondola up the mountain – a sister peak of the UK’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis – and then walked to the Goose area which still has pockets of snow.
Rescue team leader John Stevenson said: "We found them 20 minutes from the top of the gondola – which the staff especially kept open for us to get up.
"But they said they wanted to stand on snow in Scotland. We don’t know if they actually did. The grass was wet enough to have an accident – especially in flip-flops."
