Coastguard rescue for Army veteran in Rockall record attempt

An service seasoned trying to acceptable a satellite grounds for the fig of days surviving connected the Outer Hebrides islet of Rockall is being rescued by the coastguard.

Cam Cameron had planned to walk 60 days connected the tiny uninhabitable rock, 230 miles (370km) westbound of North Uist.

Above the h2o level, Rockall is lone 100ft (30m) wide and 70ft (21m) long.

Mr Cameron, who acceptable disconnected 26 May to rise wealth for veterans charities, called for assistance aft 32 days owed to "declining upwind conditions".

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said it sent a hunt and rescue chopper from Stornoway aft receiving the distress telephone astatine 08.55.

A fixed helping craft was besides sent to enactment the rescue.

Before embarking connected his grounds attempt, the erstwhile Gordon Highlander had told the BBC helium was prepared for the challenge.

Mr Cameron said: "I'll request to instrumentality each water, food, fuel, clothing, information equipment, everything with maine for the 60 days connected this tiny small area.

"I'll person a drysuit with me. I've got an exigency position-indicating vigor beacon, I've got a VHF vigor truthful I've got everything I deliberation I request successful bid to survive."

However, successful a station connected Twitter, Mr Cameron's supporters announced that his situation was present over.

It stated: "Due to declining upwind conditions and oversea authorities astatine Rockall implicit the past 24 hrs, Cam has this day declared a mayday.

"An cognition to evacuate him from Rockall is presently being coordinated by HM Coastguard. Please bash not speculate astatine this time."

The existent satellite grounds for a 45-day enactment connected Rockall was acceptable by adventurer Nick Hancock successful 2014.

He bushed the erstwhile grounds held by 3 Greenpeace campaigners who lived determination for 42 days successful 1997, and the erstwhile solo grounds of 40 days acceptable by seasoned Tom McClean successful 1985.