. The group was reported missing shortly after 9pm - with one of them understood to have been an experienced guide - before a rescue effort was launched and their bodies found the next day. The multi-agency search mission involved police and RAF mountain rescue teams, as well as assistance from a coastguard helicopter. Keen adventurer Graham, who is from Southport in England, had been due to celebrate his 64th birthday the following day. The Daily Record reports, devastated friends paid tribute to the "family man" who had a "great sense of humour". He was also described as a "thoroughly decent guy". Andy Webb said: "Sad news - Graham Cox, who I knew as Jim, passed away in a climbing accident in Glencoe at the weekend. He was a thoroughly decent guy, adventurous, great sense of humour, family man and real love of music. Just awful news. "I spent recent years at Cropredy Festival with him, I'm going there this week so I'll raise a glass to him." Andy Ormesher added: "Graham was one of my classmates from the ages of 11-18. We last met up at Northern Kin Festival in April. This is a deep felt loss." The identities of the two people who died alongside Graham have not yet been released. There are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'We were made aware of concern for a group of three hillwalkers who had not returned from the Aonach Eagach ridge in Glencoe shortly after 9.05){kind=link}
The three hillwalkers were found dead after going missing during a trek on the Aonach Eagach Ridge in Glencoe, Scotland, over the weekend, with a multi-agency search operation launched
A hiker who is believed to have fell to his death along with two others while trekking along a dangerous ridge in Scotland has been named.
James Graham Cox, 63, and his companions – another man and woman – failed to return from the walk on the Aonach Eagach Ridge in Glencoe on Saturday (August 5).
The group was reported missing shortly after 9pm – with one of them understood to have been an experienced guide – before a rescue effort was launched and their bodies found the next day.
The multi-agency search mission involved police and RAF mountain rescue teams, as well as assistance from a coastguard helicopter. Keen adventurer Graham, who is from Southport in England, had been due to celebrate his 64th birthday the following day.