The volunteers faced strong wind and high waves while responding to a report of a tent in the loch.
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Loch Ness
It is one of a series of running and cycling challenges to be held on the new trail next year.
Read moreScientists have taken DNA samples in a bid to solve the mystery of the famous Scottish loch.
Uncovering the mystery of Nessie
Scientists have taken DNA samples from Loch Ness in a bid to solve the mystery of the monster that lore says lies beneath the waves. The presence of large animals, said to be behind reports of a monster, was ruled out in the analysis. But the team from New Zealand say the creatures behind the fabled Nessie could be giant eels.
A DNA study rules out suggestions that "Nessie" is a prehistoric reptile or a shark.
Read moreThe modern myth of Nessie gathered pace in the 1930s, as these 1938 recordings reveal.
The 800-mile "Great North Trail" goes between the Peak District and the far north coast of Scotland.
Read moreIt has emerged from their work to investigate and catalogue all current life in Loch Ness.
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Informal campsites are being found abandoned and rubbish-strewn in rural areas.
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The house above Loch Ness was previously owned by occultist Aleister Crowley and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page.
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