That was a tough situation for you, Gerald, but you have certainly managed many wonderfully rewarding and somewhat less expensive days on the hills since then……
Not sure I ever really ‘managed’ it but I was back SOTA-chasing on CW from the shack today and dreaming of getting in right on my next summit outing. You will always hold the record of being my first CW QSO on an activation. Sadly, it seems to have gone steadily downhill for me from then on…
73 Mike 
Great report Mike and good that you are back out on the hills. I think around 1998 we searched for a guy who had walked off the top of Glas Maol in the snow. Probably a cornice got him as although it looks fairly innocuous, the other side can seriously bite. We searched for weeks which I found quite strange at the time. He was eventually found during the thaw. I always thought he must have had a winning lottery ticket in his pocket.
Thanks Chris. You know these hills well and did amazing work here in often hazardous conditions. In my years working with the local Mountain Rescue teams, Braemar often became a second home-from home for me in winter - and often summer, too!
Some folks say the White Mounth is boring. I guess one can do all of the Munros easily and without seeing anything other than heathery lumps, however is has some dramatic glens cutting into the plateau, such as Callater, Caenlochan and Canness. Then we have the climbers playgrounds of Creag an Dubh-loch and Lochnagar.
Plenty to do, plenty to see and plenty to catch out the unwary.
With a great team in the air and on the ground.