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05 February 2008

Rescuers on exercise find injured Munro walker

An unconscious walker was found by chance by a Scottish mountain rescue team on a training exercise.The team, from RAF Kinloss, was on Sgorr Ruadh in Glen Carron, Wester Ross, when they discovered the man, who had fallen.

19 January 2008

Naked rambler back in Scots jail

Naked rambler Stephen Gough is languishing in jail once more after a brief taste of freedom.He was released from court last Friday and re-arrested within a few paces of the exit for breach of the peace.

23 January 2008

Climber safe after sea-cliff rescue

A rockclimber was unharmed after being rescued from a sea cliff yesterday.The man was attempting the E4-graded Marmolata Buttress on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast when he became cragfast.

28 January 2008

Crib Goch pair safe after air rescue

Two walkers were rescued by helicopter after becoming stuck on Crib Goch, on the Snowdon horseshoe.The pair were airlifted from a crag by a crew from RAF Valley, using a Sea King helicopter.

28 January 2008

Charity event will open new Peak cycle trail

National park authorities in the Peak District are looking for cyclists to launch officially a new route which cost more than £¼m – and help a charity while they pedal.The Tissington Triangle is a 28-mile route created by establishing an 11-mile missing link between the existing High Peak and Tissington Trails.

28 January 2008

Colliery land-grab bid 'adds insult to injury'

A land-grab plan by a colliery on a south Wales common where a wind farm is proposed is ‘adding insult to injury’, according to opponents.The application, at Mynydd y Betws (Betws Mountain), near Ammanford, would see the Cwm Yr Onen colliery encroach on to common land.

29 January 2008

Police probe double death tragedy on Dorset cliff

A climber has died after falling from sea cliffs in Dorset.Ivan Lissin, 22, of Oxford, died in Southampton General Hospital on Monday from severe head injuries sustained in a fall near Anvil Point, Swanage, the previous day.Dorset Police picture of the Anvil Point site An inquest was opened and adjourned yesterday.

30 January 2008

Climbers told to watch the birdies

Britain’s climbers are being urged to do their bit for conservation by keeping an eye on climbing restrictions.Each year, voluntary curbs on climbing are put in place to enable birds to nest in peace on many climbing crags.

01 February 2008

Top cop's trek aids mountain rescuers

Mountain rescuers are quids in after an ex-police chief’s mammoth trek round his beat.Former Chief Constable of Derbyshire David Coleman walked the length of his county to mark his retirement – and raised £31,500.

18 January 2008

Cragfast mountaineers rescued from Scafell

Two men were rescued from Scafell at the weekend, after becoming cragfast at a mountain blackspot.Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) took to the hills to help the two, from Liverpool, who had been attempting to ascend Scafell via Lord’s Rake, one of three notorious accident sites listed by the team.The two, in their late 30s and early 40s, called for help around 3.30pm when they could go no further after getting stuck on a rock terrace overlooking Deep Gill.

22 January 2008

Henley footpath dispute rumbles on

The spat between the Oxfordshire dinner-jacket brigade and the waterproof jacket squad continues, after a meeting failed to resolve a footpath dispute.Organisers of the black-tie Henley Festival want to close the Thames Path national trail for prolonged periods over nine days.

25 January 2008

Woman dies after Dorset sea cliff fall

A woman died after a fall on sea cliffs where a climber was also seriously injured.Rescuers discovered the woman about 300m from the stricken climber they had been called out to help.

28 January 2008

Scots' shame as wildlife poisoning breaks record

The Scottish Borders claimed another shameful record in wildlife persecution this week.A record number of poisoned baits was found within a square mile area near Greenlaw, Berwickshire.

28 January 2008

Crib Goch rescued men wore jeans and tee-shirts

More details emerged today about the two young men airlifted from Crib Goch at the weekend.The RAF initially said they did not have any substantial mountain equipment with them.

29 January 2008

TV tribute to Hillary this Wednesday

Eyewitnesses tell of the struggle to reach the world’s highest peak in a tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary to be screened tomorrow, Wednesday.The one-hour-long documentary will be shown on BBC2 and includes previously unseen footage of the expedition, along with testimony detailing the controversy involving the successful British expedition and a rival Swiss team.A Tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary: The Race for Everest tells the tale of Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s ascent of the Himalayan peak, including interviews with surviving members of both the successful team and their Swiss competitors.

30 January 2008

Mountain group says 'no' to Snowdon signs

British Mountaineering Council (BMC) members in Wales have given the thumbs-down to the idea of placing warning signs on Crib Goch.The proposal was discussed at the last BMC Cymru meeting and unanimously rejected.

30 January 2008

Mountain instructors help put birds in the picture

Two instructors from the National Mountain Centre in Plas y Brenin have been helping prepare for a live show of nesting birds.Tim Neill and Adam Harmer abseiled down the remote cliffs at Mousetrap Zawn on Anglesey to survey the nesting location.

05 February 2008

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