Two mountain mountain rescue teams had to walk in appalling weather for six hours to reach an injured climber who alerted them by text.
The man had fallen in an area known as the Great Wilderness in the Highlands, containing some of the most remote Munros in the country.
Dundonnell and Torridon mountain rescue teams were called out to Fisherfield Forest at 10pm on Friday.
They called in a helicopter, which navigated low cloud and heavy rain to winch the climber off the north west Highland mountain.
“Atrocious” weather conditions meant the Stornoway Coastguard search and rescue helicopter could not get close to the injured man.
That meant a six hour walk in with stretcher and kit for the rescue teams.
“Once parked up both Dundonell and Torridon MRT’s proceeded up the hill enduring heavy rain and burns in spate, on scene after a six hour walk the condition of the causality was assessed,” said a spokesman for Torridon MRT.
“The casualty was packaged and a request for an air lift off the mountain was requested, after negotiating low cloud Rescue 948 made its way to the scene with some very impressive flying and managed to winch the casualty on board.
“Some very good team work by both MRT’s and R948 made a successful rescue, teams then descended from the hill and on its return from hospital 948 then came back in and airlifted all MRT off the hill at around 10am on Saturday morning,we wish the casualty a speedy recovery.”
The helicopter later returned and carried both rescue teams off the mountain.
The 40-year-old injured climber suffered spinal injuries. He alerted emergency services by text. He was first taken to Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, before being transferred to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.