Iain Cameron, who displays snow patches on UK hills, shared a video on social media exhibiting a shed stuffed with discarded garbage.
He wrote: “I am determined. The shelter on the prime of Ben Nevis is, because the identify suggests, a refuge for individuals who might have it in an emergency.
“As a substitute it was used as a dumping floor for egocentric individuals who cannot be bothered to take their shit residence.”
I’m determined. The Ben Nevis Summit Shelter is, because the identify suggests, a refuge for individuals who might have it in an emergency. As a substitute it was used as a dumping floor for egocentric individuals who cannot be bothered to take their shi!t residence.
— Iain Cameron (@theiaincameron) May 4, 2024
Broadcaster Muriel Grey, who hosted The Munro Present within the Nineteen Eighties about strolling Scotland’s highest mountains, described the video as “appalling”.
Dee Ward, chairman of Scottish Land Estates, stated: “It is horrible. That is why we locked up, we opened as much as everybody, each.”
“We nonetheless enable entry, however individuals now must name us, give us their identify and quantity, then we’ll give them the code. It is nonetheless free, we offer firewood and so on, nevertheless it’s a disgrace we will not run an open system like Norway.”
One other stated: “Similar on prime of Snowdon. Absolute bathroom. I am fascinated with it at Everest base camp too. Fairly terrible.”
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Lochaber Mountain Rescue had beforehand warned that the shelter, which sits atop an previous observatory, had develop into a “no-go zone” for the crew.
Mike Smith, the treasurer, stated given the state of the location it was a “full and utter no” to take the injured individual to the shelter for remedy.
He stated: “Generally after we deliver somebody up the mountain, after we are close to the highest, we take them with us to repack them earlier than coming down.
“We’d get them right into a survival bag or possibly have to cease the bleeding or administer medicine. It is good to have a protected space to do these issues.”
Ian Sykes, a former mountaineer who launched Nevisport and co-founded the Nevis Vary ski resort, stated the litter was one of many causes he supported the plan to have Lochaber designated as Scotland’s subsequent nationwide park.
He stated: “Ben Nevis is a superb mountain and it’s coated in garbage.
“If we had a nationwide park with plenty of individuals working for the park and bettering issues and redoing roads, I believe it could develop the realm splendidly.”
The shelter on the neighboring summit of Ben Nevis, Carn Dearg, was eliminated in 2004 as a result of it was usually coated in snow in winter and tough to search out.
