We have just learned that Davy Pearson has sadly passed away. Those of you who have been active hillwalkers for many years may recall that Davy Pearson had an accident on the Etive Slabs in July 1986. Although a climber, Davy was actually just photographing other climbers and was not intending to go climbing himself. Davy suffered severe head injuries in the accident and was airlifted to hospital.

It was Davy's accident that triggered Gordon Pierson into starting Boots Across Scotland. Gordon intended to raise funds to help Davy, but the fundraising event was so successful that "Boots" was born.

Mountain Aid is run by some of the people who were involved with "Boots" many years ago, and we know that many people who support us were also "Boots" supporters in the 80s and 90s. As Mountain Aid has the same goals as Boots did, and is run by some of the ex Boots committee, we felt it appropriate to report on Davy's passing on our website.