Tributes have been paid to a teacher who was killed in an avalanche on Ben Nevis. Mark Bessell, 48, from Bristol, died climbing the north face of the mountain on December 30.
Police Scotland said a second man, aged 40, Mr Bessell's climbing partner, suffered non-life threatening injuries and was treated in hospital. Richard Uffendell, headteacher of Ashton Park School in Bristol, paid tribute to Mr Bessell as a "well-respected and long-standing member of our staff".
"Mark was climbing on Ben Nevis and was caught in an avalanche. Mark suffered a significant fall and despite the efforts of mountain rescue has sadly passed away," Mr Uffendell said in an announcement to students, staff and parents.
