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Rescuers thank climbers who helped after pair badly injured in Stanage fall
Mountain rescuers have publicly thanked climbers who helped when two people were seriously injured in a fall from a Peak District crag.
Father and son airlifted from Tryfan after getting stuck on climbing route
Two climbers had to be airlifted from a Snowdonia mountain after they got stuck. A man and his 24-year-old son, from Cheshire, were tackling the Gr...
Two injured Lake District climbers rescued after separate falls
Two climbers were airlifted to hospital after suffering injuries in separate falls in the Lake District.
Two climbers rescued after spending night sheltering in Cairngorms
Two climbers were rescued after spending the night on a Cairngorms mountain. The pair were reported overdue to police in Aviemore after going climb...
Shouts for help prompt Tryfan rescuers' callout
Mountain rescuers were called out twice to a Snowdonia mountain after climbers and scramblers got into difficulties.
Three helicopters in rescue of fallen climbers in Great Langdale
Two climbers were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after falling from a crag in the Lake District.
Two bodies found following search for North Stack climbers
Emergency services searching for a pair of missing climbers have found two bodies. The bodies were found after the men failed to meet two others af...
That Everest brawl: the Sherpas' view
The rumblings over the rancour and violence at the base of Everest continued today as a climber gave an alternative view of the bust-up between Sherpas and three European climbers.
Two climbers rescued after getting lost in Glen Doll
Two men were rescued from the Angus glens after getting lost in bad weather. The two climbers were in the Glen Doll area yesterday when they became...
Ramblers 'overjoyed' as 2020 announced as England Coast Path end date
The country’s biggest walkers’ charity has welcomed the coalition Government’s announcement of a completion date for the England Coast Path.
Climbers suffer broken spine and ankle fractures in Stanage falls
Two climbers from the same group suffered serious injuries in falls from a popular Peak District crag within a short time of each other.
Night rescues for nine climbers and walkers on Snowdonia mountains
A group of climbers had to be rescued from a Snowdonia mountain after getting into difficulties. Four men and one woman were in a student group tac...
Call police if landowners get aggressive, walkers and climbers told
Walkers and climbers should ring the police if they are confronted by aggressive landowners, two representative groups said.
Climbing in Nanga Parbat area suspended after 11 mountaineers murdered
Expeditions to the world’s ninth highest mountain have been suspended after 11 climbers were shot dead by a group dressed as security forces.
Jack Hutton-Potts and Vaughan Holme were climbers who died on Anglesey
An inquest has been opened and adjourned on two climbers whose bodies were recovered from the sea at Gogarth Bay, Anglesey.
Two climbers injured in separate Yorkshire Dales falls
A rescue team was called out to help two climbers in separate incidents. Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association was alerted after a climber fell ...
Rescuers use smartphone to find three Nevis climbers stuck on wrong route
Three climbers were rescued after getting stuck on a route on Britain’s highest mountain. The trio became cragfast on the North Face of Ben Nevis...
Lost pair found safe and unharmed after major night search in Cairngorms
Two men have been found uninjured but cold after a night lost in the Cairngorms. A major search was launched after police were informed the pair ha...