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Is our new-gear obsession costing us the earth?

An outdoors expert is asking if we are too ready to bin our waterproof and boots, and is looking at ways to re-use discarded gear.

13 July 2011

Jez Bragg bags Fellsman crown with record win

On a blustery May day in the remote valley of Kingsdale, the crown of the ruler of the fells slipped from his head, and a young pretender picked it up and ran into the hall of fame.

17 May 2011

A hard day's night: dogged determination helps rescuers find their man

It’s the dead of night and a walker is missing on one of the bleakest hills in the Peak District. The man was supposed to meet his wife at a pub ...

14 March 2011

A very English revolt: tubthumping and online activism force forest u-turn

It was a peculiarly English revolt, and it resulted in that rarest of events: a politician saying ‘sorry’.

18 February 2011

View from the top: one national park boss's plan to cope with cuts

The boss of England’s biggest national park has pledged to continue providing outdoor enthusiasts with the same services despite having its cash cut.

21 December 2010

Call Out Mountain Rescue? – review

Two years ago, when the first edition of this pocket-sized book appeared, we said Call Out Mountain Rescue represented a good use of a tenner, for an informative and lightly written tome packed with good advice and lots of information.

17 October 2010

When Alfred met Kate: outdoors chic gets retro

In the oft-repeated words of John McEnroe: “You cannot be serious!” There are phrases so oxymoronic or contradictory one never expects to see them on the page or screen: bankers’ generosity; Mandelson’s humility; Wainwright chic.

18 July 2010

Novice hillrunner Harris wins 60-mile Fellsman challenge

One of the country’s toughest ultra hillrunning challenges was won by a man who only took up running 18 months ago.

10 May 2010

What future for the outdoor world, post election?

The last budget day of this parliament has been fixed; the Government will be deciding which important bills will be put into the wash-up period after dissolution, and 646 Westminster MPs will be pondering their future.

10 March 2010

Of mines and men: hill sleuths settle the score on county's top

On 15 October 1992, Roy Lynk, the controversial leader of the breakaway miners’ organisation the Union of Democratic Mineworkers began a sit-in 366m (1,200ft) below the rolling Nottinghamshire countryside.

21 May 2011

Scottish watershed walks spark debate

Peter Wright has a favourite phrase: “Imagine you’re a raindrop.” Although it sounds like a pretentious instruction to a drama student, it’s actually the 63-year-old outdoor enthusiast’s way of defining his big project: the Scottish watershed walk.

24 April 2011

Outdoors industry plans to get people off the sofa and into the country

The outdoor industry must encourage more people to get off their sofas and get into Britain’s countryside.

07 March 2011

2010 in retrospect: join us in a look back at the outdoors year

The year began in a similar fashion to its end: warnings of potential avalanche conditions on Britain’s hills and a reminder that the harshest winter conditions for years commanded respect from those venturing to the high ground.

31 December 2010

Pack your torch – experts' advice as clocks go back

Britain’s summer time officially ended at 2am on 31 October, and with it disappeared the extra hour’s daylight at the end of the afternoon.

30 October 2010

Sheer lunacy: climbing’s next frontiers are out of this world

Ever since George Mallory’s 1924 justification for attempting Everest with the now immortal words “Because it’s there”, mountaineers have devised a plethora of reasons for aiming high in their climbing aspirations.

03 October 2010

Anger and fury: the noise from the black stuff on Snowdon

Let me, dear reader, take you to a place you may never have visited before. It is a dark place where the whole world seems out to get you; where th...

06 July 2010

Every rescuer's nightmare: Mayday! Helicopter down

As mountain rescue teams raise the public's awareness in a series of May Day events, Ogwen Valley Mountain Organisation member Matt Sutton recalls a difficult rescue of a badly injured winter climber that almost ended in disaster.

02 May 2010

Pass the baton and ditch the bobble hat: Ramblers reach 75

From the present Gore-tex world of GPS, Twitter, electronic maps and online route planning, the 1930s seem an eternity away.

19 February 2010

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