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Latest Outdoor News : All news is
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grough.co.uk
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Fri, 18 May 2012 20:23:27 +0000
Kenton Cool ready to leave Base Camp for Everest Olympic pledge attempt
Record-breaking Everest summiteer Kenton Cool is preparing for his push to the summit of the world’s highest mountain.
The Gloucestershire-based climber expects to leave Base Camp on Sunday in his quest to fulfil an Olympic pledge and take his own summit tally to ten
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Fri, 18 May 2012 15:40:22 +0000
Mountain rescue dog handlers’ plea as funding falls short
Volunteers whose dogs help find missing walkers and mountaineers are pleading for the public’s help in funding their group.
The Search and Rescue Dogs Association Wales has handlers and animals who help in a wide variety of incidents from rescues on the Welsh mountains to searches for missing children
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Fri, 18 May 2012 13:32:04 +0000
Vango pitches in with three new tent models
Three new models boost Vango's Adventure tent range
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Thu, 17 May 2012 20:03:48 +0000
Rescue ends walker’s Coast to Coast effort after just one mile
A walker was rescued after injuring himself less than a mile after starting a 192-mile trek.
The man suffered an ankle injury on St Bees Head today shortly after starting the Coast to Coast Walk
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Thu, 17 May 2012 15:43:25 +0000
Mountain rescuers will light beacon on Beacons for Queen’s jubilee
Mountain rescuers plan to join the Queen’s diamond jubilee celebrations by lighting a beacon – on the Brecon Beacons.
Bridgend-based Western Beacons Mountain Search and Rescue Team will light the fire on Fan Gyhirych as one of more than 2,000 across the UK to mark the monarch’s 60 years on the throne
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Wed, 16 May 2012 20:21:44 +0000
Five will tackle Snowdon in memory of friend who died on mountain
Five men will walk to the top of Wales’s highest mountain in memory of a friend who fell to his death on the hill earlier this year.
The five, all from the Stockport area, will tackle the route to the 1,085m (3,560ft) summit of Snowdon next month to raise cash for mountain rescuers and Help for Heroes
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Wed, 16 May 2012 19:27:23 +0000
Police name pair who died in munro microlight crash
Police say the two men who died on a munro in the southern Highlands have been formally identified.
Alan McCaskie, 63, of Broughty Ferry, Dundee, and David Martin, 61, of Kinghorn in Fife died when their microlight aircraft crashed near the summit of Ben More near Crianlarich on Saturday
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Wed, 16 May 2012 14:09:37 +0000
Walker airlifted after fall from remote Highland peak
A man was airlifted from a remote Highland peak after falling and injuring himself.
The walker fell about 2½m (8ft) near the summit of Stac Pollaidh in Assynt yesterday
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Wed, 16 May 2012 12:43:00 +0000
Pennine Bridleway and Chamonix feature in new guidebooks
Mountain bikers have a new guide to one of the country’s newest national trails.
Outdoor guidebook specialist Cicerone’s Cycling the Pennine Bridleway describes the section from northern Lancashire to Ravenstonedale in Cumbria
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Wed, 16 May 2012 10:36:57 +0000
Police appeal after buzzard’s body found
Police are appealing for help from the public after the body of a protected bird of prey was found.
Derbyshire Constabulary said the buzzard, which was found in a tree by dog walkers, had gunshot wounds
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