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Climber Mick Fowler looks forward to a return to Himalaya after his most taxing year
Just when he thought he had put his cancer behind him, it returned; but now the mountaineer is looking forward finally to his planned Himalaya trip.
Into the hot seat: new boss Gordon Watson's vision for the Lomond national park
Gordon Watson has taken over at the head of the Loch Lomond authority at a time when it is mired in controversy over plans to ban wild camping.
Mountaineer Alan Hinkes: K2 'nearly as impressive as Roseberry Topping'
With a major new book chronicling his record-breaking ascents of the world's highest mountain out soon, the Yorkshire climber gives us his thoughts on a life spent 'playing out'.
Film review: Alan Hinkes – the First Briton to Climb the World’s Highest Mountains, by Terry Abraham
Terry Abraham's lastest work turns the lens on the often light-hearted approach of the record-breaking British mountaineer who has nonethless stared death in the face.
Ultrarunner Steve Birkinshaw eyes Joss Naylor's Wainwrights record
A Cumbria-based ultrarunner is planning to smash a 27-year-old record for the ascent of all the Lake District’s Wainwrights.
Ultra runner aims to beat 13-year Lakeland record
A 13-year-old ultra fellrunning record could fall next month. Mark Hartell’s long-standing extension to the gruelling Bob Graham Round was set in...