The Princess of Wales was given an insight to a real-life rescue as she scaled Ben Nevis last week.
While Catherine was around the 4,413ft summit, a blind military veteran further down was needing help.
Ex-soldier John Banfield, 87, had successfully climbed Ben Nevis on Armed Forces Day last month to raise funds for the charity Blind Veterans UK.
Guided by RAF veteran Gary Thomas, he reached the summit in five-and-a-half hours but at Halfway Lochan, Mr Banfield, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, became exhausted and two members of Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) got him off the hill using their all-terrain vehicle.
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