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Lizzy Hawker's 'courage and humility' in toughest ever Mont Blanc race

British athlete Lizzy Hawker’s win in one of Europe’s toughest mountain races was achieved on a revised route lengthened following the discovery of potential danger on part of the planned course.

29 August 2011

Ben More ascent puts schoolboy into record books

A 10-year-old schoolboy walked into the record books with his ascent of a Hebridean mountain. Ben Fleetwood became the youngest person to summit al...

29 August 2011

Lizzy Hawker posts fourth victory in Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc

British ultrarunner Lizzy Hawker repeated her victory in one of Europe’s toughest races. The British athlete was first woman home in the gruellin...

28 August 2011

Mountain biker stretchered from trail after forest fall

A mountain biker was stretchered from a forest trail after injuring herself in a fall. Coniston Mountain Rescue Team was alerted at 2pm today, Frid...

26 August 2011

Volunteers set to rebuild historic mountain shelter

A lifesaving shelter in a remote part of the Highlands will be rebuilt this weekend by volunteers. The Fords of Avon Refuge stands at a footpath cr...

26 August 2011

Health body's warning on rogue pain-relief packets

Outdoors enthusiasts nursing aches and pains have been warned that some batches of a well known painkiller may contain the wrong drugs.

26 August 2011

Rescuers' plea for support as Treasury grant fails to impress

A mountain rescue team is appealing for the public’s support after revealing the recent Government grant will still leave them short of cash.

25 August 2011

Walker injured in slip from stile

A walker was rescued after injuring herself in a fall from a stile. The 73-year-old woman slipped while crossing the stile in a drystone wall on No...

25 August 2011

Wainwright biographer will deliver memorial lecture

The journalist and author who wrote a biography of Alfred Wainwright will speak to a meeting of his fans this autumn.

24 August 2011

Airlift after walker collapses on mountain route

A walker was airlifted from south Wales’s highest mountain after collapsing on a popular route. The 33-year-old Cardiff man was flown by RAF Sea ...

29 August 2011

Man found safe and well after major search

A man was found a safe and well in the early hours today after a major search involving four mountain rescue teams.

28 August 2011

Ben aims for record as youngest munro completer

A 10-year-old boy is tomorrow due to become the youngest to complete the ascent of all of Scotland’s munros.

27 August 2011

Mountaineering elder statesman George Band dies, aged 82

One of the members of the expedition that made the first successful ascent of Everest has died. George Band was the youngest climber in the team th...

26 August 2011

Survey seeks views of Yorkshire Three Peaks walkers

National park bosses are seeking the views of a quarter of a million visitors who make the ascent of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks.

26 August 2011

American writer rewarded for work protecting British countryside

An Iowa-born journalist and author has been honoured for his work in protecting the British countryside.

26 August 2011

Upmarket Bonington event aims to raise cash for Lakeland charity

Everest summiteer Sir Chris Bonington will give an account of his early climbing career to raise funds for a landscape charity.

25 August 2011

Highland body formally identified as missing camper

The body found in the southern Highlands on Tuesday has been identified as that of missing man David Donnelly.

25 August 2011

Jail again for Naked Rambler after police pounce outside jail

The man dubbed the Naked Rambler is back behind bars and facing more than 21 months in prison after refusing to put on clothes.

24 August 2011

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