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Keswick team rigs up rope system to rescue injured Cat Gill walker
A walker was rescued after falling more than 30ft into a Lake District gill. The 70-year-old was walking up Cat Gill near Walla Crag on Thursday wh...
Lakeland walker suffers ankle injury with doctors' group in Pasture Bottom
A walker was stretchered from a Lake District fell after suffering an ankle injury when she slipped. The 50-year-old was with fellow doctors in Pas...
Four callouts and one award for Edale rescuers in busy bank holiday weekend
The May Day bank holiday weekend proved busy for one Peak District rescue team, with four callouts and an award to collect.
Man seriously injured in 300ft fall from St Sunday Crag
A man was seriously injured when he fell 300ft from a Lake District mountain. The 69-year-old suffered multiple injuries in the fall from St Sunday...
Gyrocopter crashes into Great Knoutberry Hill during The Fellsman challenge event
A pilot was airlifted from a Yorkshire Dales fell after a gyrocopter crashed near its summit. The aircraft hit the ground near the summit of Great ...
Renowned speed climber Ueli Steck dies in Himalaya fall
The climber who held the record for the fastest ascent of the North Face of the Eiger has died in an accident in the Himalaya.
BMC seeks two volunteers to join its governance review
The British Mountaineering Council is seeking two volunteers to join a review of the way it is governed.
Campaigners win 14-year footpath battle with elite Harrow School
Footpath campaigners are claiming victory in a 14-year access battle with a top public school. A government planning inspector ruled against Harrow...
Teen rescued after injuring knee on Snowdonia climb
A teenager was rescued after injuring themselves while rock-climbing in Snowdonia. Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation was called out at 4.40...
Crummock Water walker injured after being pulled off feet by dog
A walker suffered multiple injuries when he fell down a lakeside shore after his dog pulled him off his feet.
Peak District boulderer injured in fall at Robin Hood's Stride
A boulderer was rescued after injuring himself at a Peak District crag. The 29-year-old from Nottingham fell at Robin Hood’s Stride near Birchove...
Walker seriously injured in 165ft fall in Mourne Mountains
A walker was seriously injured in a fall in the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland. The man is believed to have fallen up to 50m (165ft) at the w...
Walkers light up three Lakeland fells in event to help Nepal earthquake victims
Hundreds of walkers helped light up the Lake District hills to raise cash for charity. Participants in the Lakeland Festival of Light took to three...
'Mission accomplished' as Victoria Wilkinson breaks women's Three Peaks record
Fellrunner Victoria Wilkinson has broken the women’s record for the gruelling Three Peaks Race, set nine years ago.
Watchdog rules Mountain Warehouse insulated jacket ad was not misleading
An advertising watchdog has dismissed a claim against outdoors retailer Mountain Warehouse that an online description of an insulated jacket was misleading.
Lakeland walker airlifted to trauma centre after falling 40ft on Ullswater path
A woman was rescued after falling 40ft on a Lakeland path. The 83-year-old was walking on the path alongside Ullswater on Tuesday when she fell 12m...
Runner Nicky Spinks smashes Joss Naylor Challenge record on 50th birthday
A record-breaking ultrarunner celebrated her 50th birthday by smashing another record. Nicky Spinks ran the 50 or so miles of the Joss Naylor Lakel...
Three Peaks Race runners face snow again in pursuit of Dales event's records
Runners in the Three Peaks Race face the prospect of snow-covered fells for the second year in succession.