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Adventure sports: hitting a high at home Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom In 2006 Scotland was voted top international destination for mountain biking by the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA). Purpose-built mountain ... Berkshire climber has Everest in his sights BBC Berkshire - UK Lee, who is a member of the British Mountaineering Council, the Mountain Leaders Training Association and Newbury Mountain Club, will be raising money for ... 'I saw man hiking in slippers' BBC News - UK However, Andy warns that such casual attire is not the most appropriate gear for hiking, as two students found when they had to be rescued recently. ... Fallen hillwalker found by chance BBC News - UK The man had fallen and was unconscious when members of the RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue team found at 0130 GMT while on a training exercise. ... Students in Dales cave flood ordeal rescued Yorkshire Post - Leeds,England,UK By Chris Benfield, Lizzie Murphy Alexandra Wood and Paul Whitehouse cavers from Craven College in Skipton had to be rescued from a cave last night after ... Staffordshire Bike Trail on track to be the best in West Midlands Forestry Commission News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK For more information about mountain biking and other activities at Cannock Chase Forest, log on to www.forestry.gov.uk/cannockforest. Walkers who went up Snowdon in trainers blasted Daily Post - Llandudno Junction,UK TWO walkers who tried to scale treacherous Snowdon in trainers were last night blasted as the “worst prepared ever” by the mountain rescue team that saved ... Explorer’s legacy to caving community The Northern Echo - Darlington,UK By Paul Cook AN experienced caver who drowned while on an expedition in North Yorkshire had helped save countless colleagues. Stuart Goodwill died in the ... Kayakers hit New Zealand after 62 days at sea Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - By Nick Squires In Sydney Two young adventurers have set a world record after kayaking 2050 miles across the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand. ... Sir Edmund Hillary 1919 - 2008 Times Online - UK Knighted in 1953, shortly after the British-led Everest expedition arrived back in London, Sir Edmund was admired for his humility and his unaffected manner ... Air ambulance rescue for Ailsa in Argentina Northampton Chronicle & Echo - Northampton,England,UK A mountaineering record attempt by a young woman from Collingtree is still on course despite a last-minute rescue by air ambulance from Aconcagua in ... That’sa hole lotta trouble The Sun - London,UK By VIRGINIA WHEELER A BRITISH caver told last night of the petrifying moment when his abseiling rope frayed, leaving him dangling for SEVEN hours above a ... An Epic Mountain bike adventure BBC Sport - UK We’ve entered the Absa Cape Epic, which is a marathon mountain bike race along the beautiful South African ‘Garden route’. But we won’t be admiring the ... Mountain rescue recruits crisis Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK The situation has been described as critical by England and Wales mountain rescue chairman David Allen. And it has led to fears that walkers, climbers and ... Mountain rescue teams scrap celebration NW Evening Mail - Barrow-in-Furness,England,UK Mountain rescue teams have been forced to scrap plans for their 75th anniversary exhibition due to be held at Rheged. Now organisers, who are considering ... Thrill-seekers ignore snow-go ic Newcastle.co.uk - Newcastle,England,UK by Robert Weatherall, Sunday Sun MOUNTAIN rescue volunteers have slammed “idiotic” walkers who ignored avalanche warnings to go hiking on one of England’s ... We’re shattered, admits Dunwoody Daily Mail - UK But the good news is that their Interchange Shackleton Expedition has now covered more than 400 of the 660 miles to the Pole and the two surviving members ... MOUNTAIN RESCUERS' URGENT PLEA FOR HELPERS NW Evening Mail - Barrow-in-Furness,England,UK LAKES mountain rescue teams are facing an uncertain future due to record numbers of call-outs and a recruitment shortage. With more people relying on the ... Avalanche warning for Helvellyn BBC News - UK ... to venture out on to hills until the situation improves." The authority said that none of the climbs on the mountain were in a fit condition for climbing. Cash crisis axes mountain exhibit BBC News - UK An exhibition highlighting Britain's mountaineering heritage has been forced to close because of a lack of funds. The National Mountaineering Exhibition at ... Trust blazes the trail for bikers Forres Gazette - Forres,Scotland,UK Mr Piper explained that they wanted to keep ahead of the fast-moving trend for mountain biking, and also encouraging local people to get out and about in ... Climbers are warned over Coire that claimed 5 lives The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK The sportscotland report, carried out using figures from the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland, was commissioned to try to reduce the number of ... Sheffield legends enter hall of fame 24dash - Hereford,UK Born in 1960, Joe Simpson is a renown mountaineer, author and motivational speaker. He was made famous by his book ‘Touching the Void’ (winner of the 1988 ... Paddle on Snowdon can help to save our planet Redditch Advertiser - Redditch,UK The Paddle for Life philosophy was developed by Olympic Canoeing Coach David Train, through Fladbury Canoe Club and pupils at primary schools in south east ... Boat comes in for Kayak Club Morpeth Herald - Morpeth,UK By ANNA SMITH messing about on the river will be made easier in Morpeth with the launch of a kayak club. Castle Morpeth Council's Leisure and Culture ... |  |
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