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The death of mountaineering? One climber's view of the recent British Mountaineering Council turmoil
Last April saw an attempt to remove the board of the BMC. Alpine Club member Phil Bartlett ponders whether he witnessed the demise of the activity ...
Review: Camra’s Wild Pub Walks by Daniel Neilson
There has long been an affinity between the hillwalker and the pub. What better way to round off a hard day on the fells than a couple of pints in a w...
Adventurer Paul Rose reveals his 'beautiful secret' Yorkshire Wolds Way in BBC show
He has been attacked by a polar bear; had an Antarctic peak named after him and spends much of his life diving below remote ocean waters, but adventurer Paul Rose has found himself hooked on a little visited walking route in northern England.

BMC president Rehan Siddiqui drops bomshell decision on members at annual meeting
The sun shone brightly on the Snowdonia mountains surrounding the national mountain sports centre at Plas y Brenin, but inside a packed meeting room the atmosphere threatened to be stormy.
Review: Annandale Way, by Roger Turnbull and Jacquetta Megarry
This latest addition to Rucksack Readers’ range is a guide to this gentle trail, which leads walkers from a river’s source to its meeting with the sea.
The outdoors in 2016: take a look back at a year of amazing events
The year 2016 was a momentous one for world events, with political upheavals, continuing conflicts and uncertainty characterising a period of historic happenings that upset many established institutions.

What happens after that 999 call? Mountain accident survivors tell their tales
Every year, thousands of outdoor enthusiasts head for the UK’s uplands for the thrills to be had from hillwalking, climbing, mountain biking, skiing and all those other activities that provide an adrenaline rush and the escape from the humdrum modern life for a few hours.
Review: Risking Life and Limb
This history of the north Wales team, written by Mountain Rescue magazine editor Judy Whiteside, was produced to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bryn Poeth-based volunteers.
Britain gains a new mountain as new model pushes Calf Top over the mark – by 6mm
A trio of hill sleuths were disappointed when, after extensive measurements of a Yorkshire Dales peak found it just failed to measure up to the 2,000ft mark – a generally accepted height for a mountain.
In search of the holy grail in a snow globe with Montane's Icarus jacket and PrimaLoft ThermoPlume
It’s a cool, breezy day on Tyneside and on Newcastle’s Exhibition Park’s lake the resident swans are doing what swans do: swimming around with a passing glower at the gathering of visitors on its shores.

Review: The Top 500 Summits, by Barry K Smith
The number of hill lists seems to grow every year. Here’s another. It’s actually surprising that no-one has come up with this particular one be...
Review: There is no Map in Hell, by Steve Birkinshaw
When Alfred Wainwright began writing his celebrated series of Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, little could he have imagined that, 31 years later, the mountains he described would become the subject of one of the toughest running challenges in Britain.
Blue-light callout interrupts training as Calder Valley rescuers hone their skills
The radio hisses into life: “Be prepared for a live rescue. Stand by.” Within seconds, men and women begin gathering their equipment and repack...

Tears, triumphs and terrors: Terry Abraham reveals his path to mountain film success
Terry Abraham is currently riding high. His second major film in a trilogy of portraits of Lake District mountains aired on BBC Four for the first ...
Meet the men who climb a Lake District mountain every winter day – for your safety
As thoughts turn to turkey and mince pies with the approach of Christmas, spare a thought for the man who will be pulling on his boots on Christmas Day to make the ascent of England’s third highest mountain, no matter what the weather.
Hill sleuths celebrate 'birthday' with news of three new hill classifications
A pair of hill sleuths who set up G&J Surveys, which made a hobby of measuring the heights of hills and mountains, are celebrating the outfit's tenth birthday.

Review: Chris Bonington Mountaineer
Sir Chris’s remarkable life of adventure is brought up-to-date in this new edition of an autobiography first published in 1989.
Review: The Pennine Way: the Path, the People, the Journey by Andrew McCloy
McCloy sets the scene for his trip up the spine of England at its beginning at Edale: grey, leaden skies that turn to rain.