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Everest summiteer and TV adventurer is Scouts' new chief
Everest summiteer and television action man Bear Grylls has been appointed the leader of Britain’s Scouts.
Walkers urged to help Friends celebrate anniversary
A conservation charity is urging walkers to pull on their boots to help it celebrate its 75th anniversary.
Irvine Butterfield, giant of Scottish hillwalking, dies
One of the grand names of Scottish hillwalking died this week. Irvine Butterfield, a Yorkshireman who spent much of his life in Scotland, and mos...
Campaigners say common fence will impede access
Campaigners have expressed dismay at a decision to fence off common land near the Dartmoor national park.
Heritage website takes walkers back in time
Walkers and cyclists can take a trip back in time with the launch of a website detailing some of Scotland’s historic paths and tracks.
Mountain forecasters offer mobile service in site update
Mobile phone users can now forecasts from a dedicated mountain weather service. The Mountain Weather Information Service, an independent meteorolog...
Cave man airlifted from fell after fall
A man was airlifted from a Lake District fell today after injuring himself in a cave. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called to help the 18-yea...
Man stretchered from Lakes path with hypothermia
A man was treated for hypothermia yesterday on the path to England’s third highest mountain. Members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were aler...
Falls provide cave rescuers with extreme action
Cave rescuers were kept busy this week with a tricky operation involving ropework to get to inaccessible areas of one of the Yorkshire Dales’ best known beauty spots.
Ale at the end of the trail as mountain centre brew launches
Many lovers of the hills say the walk is only half the story, and no trip on to the fells is complete without a good visit to the pub at the end of the journey.
Coast-to-Coast charity hero Tom dies
The young walker who braved some of the winter’s worst weather to complete the Coast-to-Coast Walk for charity died yesterday.
Walker's death was accidental, coroner decides
A walker whose body was found on Bowfell died accidentally, a coroner decided. Jeremy Lloyd Ayrton, of Windermere, fell from the Climbers’ Traver...
Rescue callouts up by a third after busy weekend for team
A series of slips by walkers kept a Cumbrian rescue team busy this week. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team was called to the aid of three people on Mond...
Buses aim to get walkers without cars into the Dales
Weekend walkers heading for the Yorkshire Dales can leave their cars at home following the introduction of new bus services into and around the national park.
Plans for Lakes-Dales 'bridge' national park to go ahead
Some of the best walking country in the North-West of England could be afforded further protection with the extension to two national parks.
First-timer Jez storms to victory in Fellsman
Novice Fellsman entrant Jez Bragg took the winner’s trophy at his first attempt this weekend, storming home in sometimes appalling weather conditions to finish the course in less than 11 hours.
Walker's body found after four-day Highland search
Police have confirmed the identity of a man whose body was found near Ben Nevis. Louis Lebel, of Pimlico, London, fell into the Water of Nevis last...
Crash propeller saved avalanche climber in fall
A winter climber was probably saved from death by the freak intervention of the remnants of a 57-year-old tragedy.