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Glencoe death-fall climber had gone to help stricken walker
It has emerged that the climber who died on Saturday in Glencoe had gone to the aid of a walker who had himself fallen 20m (70ft) into a shallow river.
William to start mountain rescue helicopter training
Prince William’s career as a search and rescue pilot took a step forward this week after he completed his advanced helicopter training course.
Medal reward for wandering dog's 32 mountain ascents
A dog with a yearning for the hilltops has been made an honorary member of a national park support group.
Walker dies in fall from Snowdon
A walker has died after falling from Wales’s highest mountain. The man was airlifted by RAF Sea King helicopter to hospital but was pronounced de...
Just the ticket: cut-price buses for right-to-roam walkers
An authority is offering cheap bus tickets to celebrate the 60th anniversary the setting up of Britain’s national parks.
Police seek walkers' help after 'shameful' kite shooting
Police are appealing for walkers’ help after the shooting of a rare bird of prey. The red kite is being cared for after being found by a walker f...
The gift for walkers with it all: a metre of footpath
What Christmas gift do you buy for the walker who has everything? If the committed hiker in your life has the latest garish Gore-tex, an all-singin...
Minister urges walkers to prepare for winter
Scotland’s sport minister today urged winter walkers and mountaineers to get themselves ready for winter.
Sell-off climbdown on land 'where walkers picnic and watch birds'
Downland in the newly created South Downs national park that was threatened with being sold has been taken off the market.
Plans would see Cumbrian fells added to Yorkshire Dales
More bits of Cumbria could find themselves in the Yorkshire Dales under a planned expansion of two northern English national parks.
One climber dead and another in hospital after Glencoe fall
A climber has died after a fall in Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands. Police were alerted at 4.55pm today to the incident, which happened in a gull...
MSP backs mountaineering council's bid to control hill tracks
Scotland’s wilderness areas are being irrevocably damaged by the construction of uncontrolled hill tracks, according to the nation’s mountaineering body.
Accidental verdict on careful Tryfan walker
A coroner has recorded a verdict of accidental death on a walker who died on a north Wales mountain. Roman Deans died from multiple injuries after ...
Total recall for belay devices as firm stops making descenders
The makers of a belay device used on many climbing walls and towers have decided to stop making the model after problems were found with its operation.
Quad death pair linked to outdoor store burglary
Two men who died when the quad bike they were riding was hit by a train in south Wales may have been involved in the theft of £40,000 of outdoor gear shortly before their death.
National park group welcomes plan to bury more power lines
The Government body that oversees electricity distribution is recommending the extension of a scheme that has seen unsightly power lines buried in national parks.
Everest woman will tell inspirational tale of a mountaineer
The only British woman to have climbed Everest twice will give a lecture in her home town this month.
Ticks to tight boots: site has mountaineers' medical insights
Would you know how to cope with a medical emergency on the mountains? We all hope we will never need to deal with such a situation, but forewarned ...