A tourist had to be stretchered off one of Scotland's highest mountains after hurting his ankle while climbing - in flip-flops. The man and two friends were exploring Aonach Mor near Fort William when he slipped. The men had taken the gondola up the mountain - a sister peak of the UK's highest mountain, Ben Nevis - on Wednesday and set off to reach a snow patch. Lochaber Mountain Rescue team were called out, and they said one of the injured man's companions was bare-foot when the rescue team reached them, and the other was wearing trainers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-27954358
You regularly hear stories of idiots getting stuck up mountains in thin clothes and trainers, or lost in wild country with no maps, thinking that their mobile phone will save them.
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