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Community Action Nepal, the charity founded by the late British mountaineer Doug Scott CBE, has been granted exclusive access ...
Primus is giving you the opportunity to make your summer camp all the better this year by offering one UKC user the chance to ...
Start from the jugs on “It buzz me” and traverse leftwards on good holds to the start of Greasy Chigs, complete the first moves of this problem using the sloper before traversing left and finishing ...
"In the hills you're likely the first responder—and your actions matter". A heart attack far from the help of the emergency ...
Making a circular route on passes in the main massif of the Southern Fells is not straightforward: sure, there's a fine ...
A striking pair of conical peaks, the massive Ben More and Stob Binnein are a bit of a slog from any direction. While they may be more often recommended from the Crianlarich side, the alternative ...
Scottish ridge walks don't come much bigger, or better, than the traverse of the Mamores. With 10 Munros, several exciting scrambles, and a hefty set of distance and ascent stats, this has the ...
The western edge of the Kinder plateau makes for a fine circuit of the skyline overlooking the eponymous reservoir, with excellent views over Lantern Pike to the Cheshire plain, with the Welsh hills ...
Mountaineering is a diverse pursuit, with varied terrain to match. A general mountain boot has to be an all-rounder, good for scrambling and easy mountain rock, alpine snow plods and glacier crossings ...
Grade 1 is the ideal hillwalkers' scrambling level, exciting enough to keep you on your toes yet never too hard. Among routes of this grade you'll find some of the greatest hands-on hill ...
Scotland has world class big walks. In their new book Scottish Wild Country Backpacking, authors Peter Edwards, David Lintern and Stefan Durkacz detail 30 weekend and multi-day routes across the ...
Often lauded as one of Scotland's most beautiful mountains, Ben Lui cuts a striking figure, rising high over its immediate neighbours. Its best side is to the east, where the graceful twin peaks ...