An inquest hears that a 42-year-old hiker, identified as Harvey Christian, died after sustaining head injuries in a fall on Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands. The court also heard that his body was not discovered for about three years. Sources describe Christian as a supermarket warehouse worker who travelled from his home in Orton Malborne, near Peterborough, to climb Ben Nevis, which has an altitude of 1,345 metres. The inquest concludes that the fatal injuries were consistent with a fall, though the published reports focus primarily on the cause of death and the unusually long period before the body was found. The reports state that Christian’s death was investigated through the inquest process, which reviewed the circumstances surrounding his climb and the injuries recorded after his discovery. No additional details about the exact date of the fall, weather conditions, or the precise location of the fall were included in the provided summaries.