Last updated 22/06/08

Climbers to head for prestigious Welsh meeting
Daily Post - Llandudno Junction,UK
Climbers from more than 20 countries will head to the National Mountain Centre at Plas y Brenin, Capel Curig, to experience climbing in Snowdonia and on the ...

Peak reading for climbing enthusiasts
The Star - Sheffield,England,UK
The guide has been written by Sheffield-based John Coefield, with sections penned by Jon Barton, author of four popular mountain biking and rock climbing ...

Second at Fangs gives Noblett the fell championship
Times & Star - Workington,England,UK
With the lighter evenings West Cumberland Orienteering Club starts its summer series. There are long, short and starter courses, which will suit all runners ...

White water scheme for town
Maidenhead Advertiser - Maidenhead,England,UK
Plans for a man-made white water canoeing facility could be used to bolster a pioneering waterways vision for Maidenhead. ...

An Orienteering day at Bourne Wood has been hailed a success.
Rutland and Stamford Mercury - Stamford,England,UK
More than 160 people of all ages turned up to the event on Sunday, which was organised by Lincoln Orienteering Group. About 50 of them were over the age of ...

Let's not lose track of this
Strathspey Herald - Inverness,Scotland,UK
Mountain biking - which also uses a system a blue, green, red and black runs - is one of the fastest growing sports in the world in terms of participants ...

New biking trail opens
Bradford Telegraph Argus - Bradford,England,UK
... track trails were recently featured in What Mountain Bike magazine and two years ago were rated as amongst the best in England by Mountain Biking UK. ...

Top climber in crag rescue
NW Evening Mail - Barrow-in-Furness,England,UK
Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue team leader, Mike Margeson, said Mr Phizacklea’s companion went to nearby High Wallow-barrow Farm to telephone for help, ...

Orienteering on two wheels
Lakeland Today - Morecambe,England,UK
The new 'Trailquest' courses offer something for keen family mountain bikers as well as the enthusiasts. Riders can test their skills at mountain biking and ...

Worry over avalanche service end
BBC News - UK
They include world-renowned climber, mountaineering equipment inventor and author Hamish MacInnes, three professors from the University of Edinburgh and an ...

Real life adventurers tell their stories
Lakeland Today - Morecambe,England,UK
... quarryman Jim Birkett put up the hardest climb of the day, and in doing so broke open the traditional middle-class hierarchy of British mountaineering. ...

The paddler's paradise
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
And to celebrate its 10th anniversary it launched Canoexpo, a showcase event which celebrates canoeing and kayaking to the enthusiast, newcomer and ...

Rise to the BlueSky Challenge
Perthshire Advertiser - Perthshire and Kinross,Scotland,UK
An exhilarating and hugely enjoyable event, it will combine mountain biking, kayaking, orienteering, aerial runways and secret disciplines. ...

Mountain biker gives world cup taster
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Mike Jardine, spokesman for event organisers Rare Management, said: "The mountain biking world is looking forward to the mix of adrenalin, ...

New competition wall for International Climbing Arena
Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
A NEW competition wall will take the world's largest indoor climbing arena to greater heights. The Edinburgh International Climbing Arena at Ratho has ...

Try Caving Taster Sessions at Clearwell Caves
SoGlos.com - Gloucestershire,UK
6 to 19 April – Give caving in the Forest of Dean a go this spring, when Clearwell Caves hold their Try Caving Taster Sessions. Giving caving a try at ...

Volunteers are wanted to scale heights
Glasgow Evening Times - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Volunteers with mountain rescue experience are needed to help people with disabilities scale the heights. Capability Scotland and Scope, two of the UK's ...

'I nearly died during Alpine charity trek'
Mansfield Chad - Mansfield,England,UK
Jamie and his climbing partner Glen set off on the expedition on 14th March and conditions for the first day's climbing were excellent. ...

Scared climbers can hit the heights
News Wales - Knighton,UK
Swansea Council is soon to introduce a rotational climbing wall across the city with from the Sports Council for Wales. The wall is one of the first of its ...