Lucky peak rescue

FOUR tourists rescued from near the summit of Britain’s highest peak are lucky to have survived, one of their rescuers has said.

The men called 999 after getting lost on Ben Nevis in blizzard conditions without proper equipment, three of them wearing trainers.

Lochaber Mountain Rescue team said they had no ice axes, crampons and apparently no map.

Rescuer Miller Harris said the men were verging on hypothermia when they were airlifted to safety.