New public appeal launched to find hillwalker who disappeared in the Highland Perthshire hills eight months ago

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The partner of an experienced hillwalker who disappeared while out in the Highland Perthshire hills over eight months ago has renewed pleas for help from the public.It comes after searchers have spent most of 2023 scouring the Beinn a’Ghlo area north of Blair Atholl to trace missing Ross Kinghorn.Ross travelled by train from Linlithgow to Blair Atholl on January 16, where he planned to camp in Glen Tilt and climb the three peaks of Beinn a’ Ghlo over three days.The 57-year-old was then reported missing on January 20 when he failed to return home.

The last reported sighting of Ross was on January 16, from a distance at the summit of Carn Liath, then on the ridge between Carn Liath and Braigh Coire Chruinn-Bhalgain and finally on the summit of Braigh Coire Chruinn-Bhalgain.Since then multiple searches have been conducted by land, sea and air, to no avail.

But his partner Kirstie Ogilvie and his family have not given up hope.On the ‘Please help find Ross Kinghorn’ Facebook page, which has 771 members, Kirstie wrote: “Despite extensive searches by the Tayside Mountain Rescue Team, Ross Kinghorn has not yet been found.“Despite being an extremely experienced hill walker, Ross did not return home as planned and did not make it back to his kit bag which he had stashed on the outskirts of Blair Atholl.“We know that following dropping off his bag he made his way on foot towards Loch Moraig car park at the foot of Carn Liath.

Until any further evidence comes forward, all official searches continue to be on hold.“We are appealing again to any hillwalkers, hill runners and cyclists who are in the area to please look out for any item which may be linked to Ross.“In particular; around ascent and descent routes (including lesser-known