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Cool reaches Everest Base Camp with Olympic medal

Record-breaking Everest summiteer Kenton Cool has arrived at Base Camp on his quest to post a 10th ascent of the world’s highest mountain.

Grant will help trust maintain mountain paths

A grant from a mountaineering body will help the National Trust for Scotland care for some of its most popular upland paths.

Alpine Club climbing stars will head festival event

The world’s oldest mountaineering club will move north – temporarily – for an evening in the company of festival goers later this year.

Shedload of Bonington material goes on show thanks to lottery grant

Some of the most important items of British mountaineering history that had been kept in a shed are now safe after a two-year preservation project.

Top climbers will speak at film festival

Three of Britain’s top climbers will give accounts of their adventures at festival next month. The Cardiff Adventure Film Festival will also incl...

Scott and Greaves become mountain council patrons

Two elder statesmen of the mountaineering community have been appointed patrons of the body representing climbers, hillwalkers and mountaineers in England and Wales.

Bonington and Steck will retell tales of Eiger tragedy and triumph

Two of the world’s leading climbers will this week deliver an insight into one of the world’s most imposing mountains.

Via ferrata continues as Honister bosses look for agreement on extension

Britain’s first via ferrata will continue to operate while its owners look for agreement with authorities over using a controversial extension.

Everest woman Bonita plans third Himalaya climb

The youngest British woman to summit Everest is heading for the Himalaya again to tackle her third peak in the region.

Kenton's Olympic Everest bid will be 'an emotional ride'

Kenton Cool flies out today on a quest to take an Olympic medal to the summit of Everest. We hear his thoughts on a tribute to 'amazing climbers'...

Kenton's Everest attempt aims to fulfil 88-year Olympic pledge

A record-breaking Everest summiteer will soon set out to try to honour a promise made to the father of the modern Olympics.

Navy rescue crews top callout tables for fifth year

The Royal Navy’s search and rescue crews at HMS Gannet have topped the rescue league tables for the fifth year running.

The great outdoors in 2011: the year in view

Our customary look-back at the past year provides a mix of triumph and controversy; tragedy and humour, with a few heroic acts.

Climber Cool chosen to carry Olympic flame

Nine-times Everest summiteer Kenton Cool has been chosen as a torch-bearer in the run up to next year’s London Olympic games.

Last-minute stocking fillers for outdoors fans

Looking for a last-minute gift for the outdoor enthusiast in your life? We have a few pointers to stocking fillers for outdoor fans...

Bonita adds 'beautiful' mountain to her Himalayan tally

Britain’s youngest female Everest summiteer has added a third Himalayan peak to her tally. Bonita Norris successfully climbed Ama Dablam in the c...

Lost bag forces abandonment of Lizzy's 1,000-mile Himalaya race

A British ultra-runner has had to pull out of an ambitious 1,000-mile run across the Himalaya. Lizzy Hawker’s ‘Sky Dance’ came to an end when...

The Dragon's Back is back: 200-mile mountain race is revived

One of the hardest challenge races ever run – over the mountains of Wales, from north coast to south –will be staged again, 20 years after the first, and so far only event.