In reply to adamarchie:
Hi all, just thought I'd respond to this. I'm a journo with Sunday Sport (I know, not a proper journo, etc, etc, I've heard it all before). I've dealt with Bear's PR team before so I put a call in at the weekend. In short, it wasn't him.
Here's the statement he gave to me. Hope it clarifies:
"Thanks for the heads up here and just for total clarity, neither myself nor the production crew were on Ben Nevis on 12th February and rest assured we would never act in such a manner to jeopardise lives by dragging people into a false rescue.
We take mountain safety very seriously as part of our job filming in mountains and jungle all over the world and as a team of mountain guides we are very proud of our record here. We are also totally committed to supporting local mountain rescue stations and are so full of admiration for communities of mountain personnel like Kevin.
We wish Kev all the best for his last climb and are full of admiration for his dedication to have rightly pursued the 'screams'. I hope you found the source and that they have been suitably apologetic!
All the best
Bear."