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Outdoor News

The latest outdoor news updated throughout the day courtesy of grough.co.uk

Man rescued from Lakeland fell Great Borne after collapsing	Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:43:17
A man was rescued from a fell in the western Lake District after he collapsed near its summit. The 49-year-old was on Great Borne, overlooking Ennerdale, yesterday, when the incident happened

On test: brasher Naturale Trail/Naturale Travel socks	Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:25:04
Bamboo seems an odd material to make socks from, but these latest additions to brasher's range keep feet cool and comforable

Jack Hutton-Potts and Vaughan Holme were climbers who died on Anglesey	Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:45:37
An inquest has been opened and adjourned on two climbers whose bodies were recovered from the sea at Gogarth Bay, Anglesey. Jack Hutton-Potts, 23, and Vaughan Holme, 48, were climbing on sea cliffs near North Stack on Saturday but failed to meet friends and the alarm was raised at 10.15pm

Hanwag’s Alta boot offers relief for walkers with bunions	Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:32:18
A boot designed around a special 'bunion last' allows extra room for walkers with the condition

Hillrunner Finlay Wild breaks record for Cuillin Traverse on Skye	Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:47:29
A Scottish hillrunner has broken the record for one of the biggest mountain challenges in Britain. Lochaber Athletic Club member Finlay Wild completed the Cuillin Traverse on Skye to beat the six-year record held by Es Tressider

Walking Tory MP Rory Stewart will give Wainwright lecture	Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:30:38
A Tory MP will deliver an annual lecture to aficionados of the late guidebook author Alfred Wainwright. Rory Stewart will be on home turf for the Wainwright Memorial Lecture at Rheged near Penrith

On test: Platypus Sprinter XT 35 rucksack	Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:50:47
A host of clever little touches makes this well-thought-out pack a pleasure to use

Two bodies found following search for North Stack climbers	Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:58:41
Emergency services searching for a pair of missing climbers have found two bodies. The bodies were found after the men failed to meet two others after a climb on cliffs near North Stack on Anglesey

Walkers rescued after getting lost in storm on Caudale Moor	Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:10:38
A pair of walkers was rescued after getting lost on a Lakeland fell. Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out at7.45pm on Saturday to aid the walkers, its second rescue of the day

Rescuers’ stretcher carry for injured Kidsty Pike walker with fear of flying	Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:42:40
An injured walker with a fear of flying had to be stretchered from a Lakeland fell because an air ambulance could not be used to airlift her The woman injured her ankle on the Coast to Coast Path route near Kidsty Pike on Friday

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