The lads had apparently pressed on to reach the summit despite a gathering storm! On the descent not far below the summit, a close lightning strike knocked them over, blasted their rucksacks and jackets off them, and left Chris who was closest to the strike, with severe burns and hearing loss. They made it down to the hut unaided, but needed urgent help from climbers sheltering there. A near miss in more ways than one!
Photo taken by Mike Tooke when the climbers returned to the camp site. Mike kindly granted me permission to share his photo here.

Wow, lucky guys, Tony. Lightning always scares the **** out of me!

An epic shot.

Very lucky lads. Same here, lightning scares the **** out of me as well.

All the kids will want one of those shirts in the summer!
(Great photo!)

This photo is a candidate for a caption competition e.g. 'He was a short fat old northern guy with a beard called Don and we thought "How hard can he be?"'

Eye opening to say he least!

Why would you name your bear Don?

It's not a bad name for a bear