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Kendal Mountain Festival provides £4.5m boost to town, with 25,000 ticket sales

Kendal Mountain Festival continues to grow in popularity, with more than 25,000 tickets sold for the recent events in the Cumbrian town.

Injured Lakeland walker rescued after four-hour crawl with broken leg and arm

A walker crawled for up to four hours after being injured in a fall on a Lake District fell. Rescuers said the man’s efforts to get to safety evo...

Doug Scott, joint first Briton to summit Everest, dies aged 79

Celebrated mountaineer Doug Scott has died, aged 79. Along with Dougal Haston, he was the first Briton to summit Everest, climbing the world’s hi...

November gathering abandoned as Kendal Mountain Festival goes online-only

This year’s Kendal Mountain Festival will take place only online. Organisers of one of the UK’s largest outdoors events took the decision not t...

Berghaus co-founder Gordon Davison dies, aged 85

The co-founder of the Berghaus brand of outdoor gear has died. Gordon Davison had suffered a heart attack and passed away surrounded by his family ...

Sir Chris Bonington likens Covid-19 lockdown to being holed up in expedition tent

Mountaineering elder statesman Sir Chris Bonington has offered his thoughts on coping with lockdown during the coronavirus crisis.

Climbing legend Joe Brown dies, aged 89

Renowned rock-climber and mountaineer Joe Brown has died, aged 89. Among Brown’s achievements in a long climbing career were the joint first asce...

Sir Chris Bonington joins appeal to raise £½m to save Snowdonia youth hostel

Hostelling charity YHA has enlisted the help of mountaineering elder statesman Sir Chris Bonington in a bid to raise half a million pounds to save a Snowdonia centre.

Kendal Mountain Festival: big names mingle with big crowds as event grows

Another successful year for the Cumbrian town's festival as the stars descend for four days of outdoor-oriented entertainment.

Charity walkers raise cash to provide 1,000 pairs of boots for schoolchildren

Schoolchildren in north-east England will be able to boot up thanks to a campaign involving 50 charity walks.

New Berghaus ambassadors aim to promote diversity, inclusion and mental health

Outdoors brand Berghaus has appointed four new ambassadors with the aim of promoting diversity, inclusion and mental health.

Rescuers pay tribute to pioneer mountaineer Hamish MacInnes who died aged 90

Mountain rescuers have paid tribute to pioneering climber and innovator Hamish MacInnes, who has died aged 90.

Climbers Bonington and Scott seek volunteers for new Everest challenge

Some of Britain’s most illustrious mountaineers are seeking volunteers for a new Everest challenge.

BBC Four to screen Climbing Blind film of Jesse Dufton Old Man of Hoy ascent

The Orcadian sea stack the Old Man of Hoy has been a climbing magnet for decades, since Chris Bonington, Rusty Baillie and Tom Patey made the first ascent in 1966.

Quadriplegic Ed Jackson completes charity 'Everest' staircase climb

A quadriplegic athlete has completed his charity challenge to scale the equivalent height of Everest on his parents’ staircase.

Cumbrian climber Leo Houlding urges public to help clean up his home patch

A climber and adventurer who has led expeditions from the Antarctic to the Amazon rainforests is urging the public to support a clean-up on his home patch.

Doug Scott will tell tales of Everest ascent and The Ogre epic on Scottish lecture tour

Britain’s joint first Everest summiteer will embark on the Scottish leg of his lecture tour in May.

Kendal prepares for Britain's biggest outdoors festival with star-studded line-up

Kendal is gearing up for the annual influx of thousands of visitors to Britain’s biggest mountain festival.

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