When it comes to ultra distances, veteran female runners often seem to have the edge, and the longer the race gets the greater these advantages appear to become. Yet nobody escapes the ...

Each rises 600m or more from its surroundings; there are 119 of them; and they're scattered all over Britain and Ireland, ...

The sprawling, broad and complex mass of the Y Mynyddoedd Duon (the Black Mountains) isn’t the first place that springs to mind when narrow ridges are mentioned. However, the northern reaches ...

This spring, John Fleetwood embarked on a huge adventure, traversing Scotland end-to-end on a solo journey of over 800km from Cape Wrath to Berwick on Tweed, via numerous Munros and even some graded ...

Every summer, many trekkers set out on the GR5, some tackling the entire Alpine crossing, others enjoying shorter sections. Well-graded paths, carefully chosen passes, and a network of refuges and ...

Rarely - if ever - called by its other name, Ben Arthur, The Cobbler is one of the most distinctive Scottish mountains. The high point on Centre Peak can only be reached (and escaped) by a short but ...

start as for spirit.. Just below the twin staples move right into a shallow groove. Hard moves left out of this lead to undercuts and glued crimps up the steep wall. At the top of the "steep wall" ...

A slightly longer approach than its neighbour, Corrie an t-Sneachda, makes this corrie a lot quieter. Some excellent, reliable winter climbing - the steeper nature of this corrie yields some excellent ...

As novice walkers with 'none of the gear, and no idea', Cam Howe and friends soon came to notice a huge boost to wellbeing on their annual dads and lads trip out of London. Here he examines the mental ...

In 1994 a Danish company Vestergaard, which eventually gave life to LifeStraw, partnered with the Carter Foundation to ...

It has been announced today that the Coast-to-Coast, the classic long-distance walk across Northern England, will be accorded official National Trail status. Conceived and promoted by Alfred ...

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 ...