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Outdoor bodies analyse parties' election pledges

Returning officers the length of the UK are dusting down their ballot boxes ready for Thursday’s vote, and pollsters are phoning fickle voters to try to pin down their intentions in what has turned out to be one of the least predictable elections for some time.

Every rescuer's nightmare: Mayday! Helicopter down

As mountain rescue teams raise their profile with a series of May Day bank holiday events, a member of the Ogwen Valley team recalls the team's worst nightmare: a mayday message from the helicopter carrying an injured climber they have just rescued.

Runner's bid for munro record books is on track

If it’s Friday, it must be Drumochter. On a grand tour of the Scottish Highlands, it can be easy to forget where you are. But for Stephen Pyke, t...

Walkers follow Wainwright's footsteps to launch impending guide

More than 40 walkers stepped out in the footsteps of one of the most celebrated guidebook authors to celebrate the launch of a new book detailing one of his earliest routes.

Avalanche service winds up as winter loses its grip

Scotland’s avalanche forecasting service has been scaled back as the winter season draws towards a close.

Everest's height finally settled – sort of

In 1852, an Indian surveyor and mathematician Radhanath Sikdar, clearly calculated that a distant peak in the closed kingdom of Nepal – formerly known as Peak B and then renamed Peak XV – was the highest in the world.

Easter walker rescued from Lakes crag

A walker was rescued from a Lake District fell after becoming cragfast at the weekend. The woman was walking above Levers Water near Coniston on Ea...

No change for walkers' maps as OS frees data

The long-awaited results of the Government’s Ordnance Survey consultation were announced today. Walkers and outdoor enthusiasts had hoped for a b...

Lakeland death-fall walker named

The walker who fell to his death on a Lake District fell at the weekend has been named. Paul Robert Newing, 35, of Dukinfield, Tameside, Greater Ma...

Soap drama as rescuers free climber in a jam

A mountain rescue team found itself at the centre of a soap drama after a climber became wedged following a fall.

Ranger aims for 60-hour Coast to Coast run

A national park ranger plans to run the distance of more than seven marathons to help a hospital treating his partner for cancer.

Student's Three Peaks Race will raise cash for rescuers

A research student will this weekend tackle a gruelling long-distance fell race to raise cash for a mountain rescue team.

Live TV show will follow climbers' Harris attempt

The Scotsman currently pushing climbing’s boundaries will feature in a live television broadcast on a route described as one of the hardest in the British Isles.

Loose boulder threat on Lakeland climbing route

Climbers have been warned about a loose boulder on a Lake District climbing route that could pose a danger if it is dislodged.

Election candidates sign up for 'walkers manifesto'

A fifth of would-be MPs have signed up to support a walkers’ manifesto put forward by the Ramblers as the election campaign gets into full gear.

Mountain centre research may change peat upland management

A research student from a Scottish college will join academics from across the UK in a project likely to change the way peat uplands are managed.

Campaigners' ten-point outdoors plan for election

Britain’s oldest national conservation group has produced an access manifesto in the run-up to the general election and is asking candidates to sign up the 10-point plan.