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Outdoor shop's donation adds to mountain rescuers' vehicle fund

Staff and customers at a Glasgow outdoors shop have helped swell the coffers of a rescue team’s appeal for funds.

The UK's County Tops, by Jonny Muir

Fancy a varied walking challenge? Jonny Muir guides you to the top of the UK's 91 county high points, with some surprising finds...

Hill-baggers' list celebrates 10 years of peak accuracy

What drives a walker to gird his or her loins and huff and puff up the mountains and hills of Great Britain.

Walker swims whirlpool gulf to raise cash for wild-land charity

A keen hillwalker and cyclist swam one of the most dangerous stretches of water in Scotland to raise cash for a conservation charity.

Nevis climber airlifted after rockfall injury

A climber was airlifted from Britain’s highest mountain after suffering serious injuries in a fall.

Expert offers biking course – for walkers

A mountain expert is offering a biking course – for hillwalkers. The one-day session is aimed at walkers who also use mountain bikes, for example...

Deaf-blind granddad reaches Nevis summit

A deaf-blind grandfather successfully summited Britain’s highest mountain today. Michael Anderson, a 70-year-old, from Larbert near Falkirk, was ...

Charity makes plea for volunteers to help with Nevis path work

A charity that helps look after Britain’s highest mountain is on the lookout for volunteers to help repair paths on the most popular route up the hill.

Walkers' litter drives Nevis staff bananas

Litterbug walkers are driving staff bananas on Britain’s highest mountain. Officers from the John Muir Trust, which owns most of Ben Nevis, are d...

Sir Jimmy Savile, unlikely champion of the outdoors

As the life of eccentric television personality Sir Jimmy Savile is pored over by the British media, few will realise the outdoors world has lost a friend and supporter.

Injured Three Peaks challenger rescued after Lakeland search

An injured walker was helped from the fells after a fall during a Three Peaks Challenge event. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted by police o...

Mystery as 4x4 vehicle is abandoned near Snowdon summit

Mystery surrounds how an off-road vehicle came to be stuck near the summit of Wales’s highest mountain.

Marines help blind Scott's charity Nevis ascent

A blind walker was helped to the top of Britain’s highest mountain by a group of Royal Marines. Scott Cunningham and his guide dog Travis were as...

Rescuers carry overheated dog from Highland peak

Mountain rescuers went to the aid of an elderly dog that was suffering in the heat while descending a Highland Peak.

Olympic high as MacLeod leads walkers to Nevis north face

A group of walkers enjoyed the Olympic heights of Britain’s top peak as part of the countdown celebrations to the London 2012 Games.

Charity man who climbed wrong mountain bids for Olympic role

The man who led his charity fundraising team up the wrong mountain is hoping to be a torchbearer for the 2012 London Olympics.

Public invited on MacLeod's Olympic guided walk to Nevis's North Face

One of Britain’s top climbers will lead a walk to view the corries of the UK’s highest mountain as part of the lead up to next year’s London Olympics.