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One recent afternoon, he stood on a ridge above a sprawling dry lakebed.

The threat is most severe on summits and on long, high ridges, where no trees grow and there’s a good chance a hiker is the tallest thing on the landscape — like a human lightning rod.

The inquiry at Fort William Sheriff Court heard evidence from members of Scotland's climbing community about conditions on the mountain ridge.

This week high pressure will shift to the north-west of the UK, south of Iceland, and by Friday it will extend a ridge across the UK bringing us settled and mostly dry weather.

"Fear is natural," Brahim had told me, looking up at the ridge where tarpaulin flapped at the settlers' lookout post in front of a few caravans and makeshift homes.