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Right Way nominees announced

Three experts from Durham have been nominated for accolades in the inaugural Right Way awards. The Right Way awards mark achievement by rights-of-w...

08 September 2008

Police ask for walkers' help after tent death

Police are appealing to walkers who may have been in the area where a man’s body was found in a tent to come forward with information.

10 September 2008

Family's tribute to Einich tent man

Police today named the man whose body was found in a tent near an isolated loch in the Cairngorms. Loch Einich Photo: Jon Thomson Northern Const...

11 September 2008

Two airlifted after Highlands falls

A man was injured after falling from the Aonach Eagach ridge at the weekend. Aonach Eagach Rescue services were alerted at about 12.30pm on Satu...

15 September 2008

Rescued Three Peaks pair 'ignored warnings'

Two walkers attempting the national Three Peaks Challenge had to be rescued from England’s highest mountain after ignoring warnings about severe weather.Piers GillWasdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out at 2.30am yesterday after a distress call from the two men, who were lost near to a perilous gill on Scafell Pike.

07 September 2008

Mother dies after family's mountain fall

A mother has died and her daughter and husband were taken to hospital after a fall on Sharp Edge, Blencathra.Sharp EdgeThe 38-year-old woman, who has not yet been named, fell more than 30m (100ft) from the ridge on Friday.

31 August 2008

Mother dies after family's mountain fall

A mother has died and her daughter and husband were taken to hospital after a fall on Sharp Edge, Blencathra.Sharp EdgeThe 38-year-old woman, who has not yet been named, fell more than 30m (100ft) from the ridge on Friday.

31 August 2008

Cash needed for Scottish path repairs

A charity today launches a major appeal to improve footpaths in some of Scotland’s most popular mountain landscapes.Footpath maintenance on Ben LawersThe National Trust for Scotland is asking its 11,000 supporters to stump up cash towards the £80,000 needed to maintain paths on its land, including Glencoe, Torridon and Kintail.

29 August 2008

Bonington: mountaineering could make Olympics

Mountaineering could one day become an Olympic event – with the popularity of sport climbing providing the ideal spectacle for viewers across the world.Sir Chris BoningtonThat’s the view of Britain’s foremost living mountaineer, Sir Chris Bonington, who yesterday climbed to the top of England’s highest peak to celebrate the UK’s status as host of the next Olympic Games.

25 August 2008

Man's body found after Cairngorms search

A man’s body has been found in a tent in the Highlands. Loch Einich Photo: Jon Thomson The remains were found by members of the Cairngorm Mou...

10 September 2008

Quarry sale will go ahead despite climbers' protests

A water company is to go ahead with the sale of quarries used for climbing, despite the reservations of the British Mountaineering Council.

14 September 2008

Minister opens new long-distance walking trail

A new trail which was officially opened today follows the route of an ancient dyke in the Welsh Marches.

11 September 2008

Julia to start filming Coast-to-Coast series

Filming on a follow-up to the Wainwright’s Walks television series is due to start this week.Julia Bradbury during the filming of Wainwright's WalksThis time, presenter Julia Bradbury will have a tougher challenge as she tackles the 192-mile Coast-to-Coast Walk, devised by the Grumpy Old Fellwalker in 1971, following the completion of his series of pictorial guides to the Lakeland Fells.Ms Bradbury, who climbed 11 Lakeland peaks described in Wainwright’s books during two series broadcast on BBC, will start filming for the Coast-to-Coast programmes on Friday.Skyworks, the company which produced the original two series, is making the follow-up films, to be broadcast again on BBC.

02 September 2008

Man dies after Snowdon fall

A man died today after falling from Crib Goch.SnowdonPhoto: Steve Cadman The 62-year-old from Lincolnshire perished when he slipped from the ridge, on the Snowdon horseshoe.

29 August 2008

Blencathra fall victim's family leaves hospital

The six-year-old girl whose mother died after a fall on Sharp Edge on Friday has been discharged from hospital, along with her father.Sharp Edge and Scales TarnSarah Anderson and her father Graham, 48, were injured in the fall on Blencathra.

02 September 2008

Bosses seek outdoor enthusiasts' views

Walkers, cavers and climbers can make their voices heard in plans for a national park.William Clough in the Peak DistrictThe Peak District National Park Authority wants the views of outdoors enthusiasts to help plan how the national park can cater for recreational visitors to the area.

29 August 2008

Award trip will continue after Lakeland fell rescue

A group of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award participants will today continue their expedition after having to be helped from the Cumbrian fells.Patterdale and GlenriddingThe team of seven called for help after becoming lost while undertaking their expedition in the Lake District.

28 August 2008

Bank-holiday casualties keep Peak rescuers busy

A Peak District rescue team had a busy weekend, with call-outs to climbers, a pair of walkers and a paraglider pilot.Members of the Edale Mountain Rescue Team went to the aid of two climbers on Stanage Edge, one of the Peak District’s most popular climbing areas.

26 August 2008

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