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Three Britons die in mountain incidents abroad

Three British mountaineers have died abroad, including the youngest Briton to climb Everest. Rob Gauntlett and his climbing partner James Atkinson,...

George Band gets OBE in New Year's honours as rescuers pick up gongs

Mountaineer George Band has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list. The 79-year-old was the youngest member of the team 1953 team tha...

Wainwright Society honours cancer hero Tom

The cancer patient who braved blizzards and torrential rain to complete the Coast-to-Coast walk has been honoured by the Wainwright Society.

The white stuff: how winter hillwalkers can stay safe

As much of Britain is cloaked in the white stuff, and walkers’ and mountain lovers’ hopes of a decent winter rise, it’s important to revise our approach to tackling the hills as snow and ice cover our usual routes and temperatures drop below freezing.

Lifetime award for Butterfield, author of 'hillwalkers' bible'

The author of one of the best known hillwalking tomes was today granted a lifetime achievement award.

Douglas Scott, mountaineer and photographer, dies

The last survivor of the 1950 Scottish Himalayan Expedition has died. Douglas Scott, a renowned photographer and broadcaster, was one of four who s...

Mountaineers miss out on PM meeting as Brown tackles crisis

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s summit meeting to solve the world’s financial crisis meant disappointment for Britain’s top mountaineers who had hoped to greet the premier in person.

Xtreme Everest seeks trekkers for new research

Organisers of a medical expedition that put a team on top of Everest last year is looking for volunteers to trek to the mountain’s base camp to help further research.

View from the tops: the munro record attempt

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Everest doctors had near-fatal oxygen levels

Newly published results from the medical expedition that went to the summit of Everest revealed that one of the mountaineers had near-fatal oxygen levels in his blood – yet still survived.

2008: take a trip with us through the highs and lows of the year

In the slovenly hiatus between Santa’s return north and the alcoholic debauchery of the New Year, journalists traditionally have a problem: how to fill the space on their various publications when, well, not much happens..

Charity pair will attempt 'British' Everest challenge

Two charity fundraisers will attempt to climb the height of Everest – without leaving the British Isles.

Scots mountain council joins in climbing push

Scotland’s mountaineering body has launched a major push to promote climbing. The Mountaineering Council of Scotland is teaming up with climbing ...

New Arran marilyn confirmed as survey confirms drop

Baggers, get your boots on! There’s a new marilyn to be conquered. Sail Chalmadale, a modest hill on the western side of the isle of Arran, has b...

Bonington backs call to stop mountain-rescue radio charge

The clamour against Ofcom’s plans to charge mountain rescuers for using their radios is growing, with Everest summiteer and climbing elder statesman Sir Chris Bonington among those calling on Gordon Brown to reject the idea.