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Article Because it's Mallory, and he's still There

Ahead of the one-hundredth anniversary of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine's disappearance on Everest on 8 June, author Mick Conefrey reflects on Mallory's life and mysterious death and shares an extract from his newly-published book, Fallen.


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Running London's First Ever Mountain Marathon

If you're raising money for a charity that helps introduce young people from the city to the mountains, what better way to do it than bringing a mountain to the city? Mike Coppock took the novelty costume to new heights at this year's London Ma...

My Favourite Map For Life, Not Just For Christmas

Give someone a map and you're passing on the gift of imagination, says Norman Hadley. Four decades after receiving a Lake District set - now torn and crackly, but still much loved - he has never stopped dreaming of the fells. Maps are for life, not just for...

Bagging Doing the Dochartys - The Hill List You've Probably Never Heard Of

After an early completion of the Munros in 1948 Willie Docharty was at a loss for a list, so he made one of his own. Eventually numbering 1953 summits across the British Isles, it's a huge challenge, and one that few will ever...

Bagging Anna Wells on the Winter Munro Round

On 13th March, Anna Wells became the fourth person (and first woman) to complete a Munro round in winter, equalling the...

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For Richard Hartfield, the precisely-plotted lines of an Alpine map have come to represent cherished memories of a very special...

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Fell-runner Norman Hadley experiences the transcendent beauty of an afternoon canter above the clouds, while finding himself the...

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