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Two Mountain Accidents In Snowdonia
By Jon on 29/10/2001 16:39:02
Two men were hurt in separate accidents in N.Wales at the weekend, one on the Idwal Slabs, the other on Bristly Ridge
There were two mountain accidents in Snowdonia at theweekend.In one a climber fell approximately 100 metres, apparently fromthe Idwal Slabs and is reportedly 'very poorly' after his fall wasarrested when his arm became jammed in a crack.In the other
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Gear Guru In Horror Accident
By Jon on 03/09/2001 13:09:13
Site gear expert Ricky G has come a cropper in a terrifying accident that has implications for all users of breathable clothing.
If you were wondering what's happened to Richard Gear, our productquestion and answer guru, we have sad news for you.Richard accidentally ingested 50 square metres of highlybreathable waterproof fabric and is now recovering in hospital. Thegood news though is that he's expected t...
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Two Die In Lakes Accidents
By Jon on 08/03/2004 09:53:48
Two men have died in separate accidents in the Lake District, one on Helvellyn, the other at Raven Crag
A sad couple of days in the Lakes with two deaths in unrelatedmountain accidents over the weekend.In the first incident, a walker from Bolton died on Friday afterfalling from Striding Edge on Helvellyn after reportedly becomingseparated from his
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Are You An Accident Waiting To Happen?
By Jon on 18/01/2002 14:39:15
Experienced male professional hillwalkers and older women had better read this before you become just another Scottish statistic...
Scottish mountain accidents, these are some of the factors that meanyou fall into a higher risk group. Women, you'll be glad to know, are less prone to sliding offthings, until that is they get older, when their involvement inaccidents starts to rise. And if you
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Everest Accident Climber Speaks
By Jon on 12/06/2003 15:20:32
The British climber who crawled down Everest for two days after being struck by a falling American golfer is home and has been speaking to the BBC
We've had an awful lot of Everest gazing really what with the 50thanniversary celebrations and enough records to fill a Guinness Book,but here's something that really is quite extraordinary.Conan Harrod, the British climber who was struck by a fallingAmerican - you just can't get...
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Fatal Accident - Help Needed
By Jon on 14/01/2003 13:25:55
Four climbers killed in Wasdale, can you help?
OUTDOORSmagic member Guy Newbold is after information on amountain accident in the Lake District on September 21st, in whichfour people died.A party of climbers were on Scafell Pinnacle when one fell,dragging the rest to their deaths, or at least
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Two Dead In Lakes Accidents
By Jon on 05/02/2009 15:09:00
Two walkers have died in the Langdale area in separate incidents.
Sadly the BBC is reporting that two walkers have died in bad conditionsin the Lake District.The first, reportedly a man in his 60s died after falling approximately100 metres near Pavey Ark in Langdale. He was airlifted to hospital inWhitehaven but died later. The second fatality ...
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Second Accident On Pike O' Stickle
By Jon on 19/05/2004 11:09:16
An RAF man investigating the helicopter rescue accident in Langdale earlier this week has himself fallen around 100 feet down the mountain.
Blimey, Pike O' Stickle isn't the best place to be if you're amountain rescue person at the moment with another accident at thesame spot as the one we reported the other day.Unfortunately it seems that a member of an RAF accidentinvestigation unit
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Bad Few Days For Mountain Accidents
By Jon on 20/03/2006 13:54:58
There have been three fatalities due to slips in the current wintery mountain conditions according to news reports - be careful out there.
With winter still clinging on, it's sadly been a bad few days formountain accidents with three fatalities in different incidents lastFriday.A Leeds man died in the Coniston area after reportedlyslipping during an ascent of the Old Man, a woman
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Britons Die In Mont Blanc Accident
By Jon on 12/01/2009 10:42:49
Two British climbers including the youngest to scale Everest have died in the French Aps.
Very sad news from France where two British climbers including theyoungest Briton to climb Everest, have died in an accident on MontBlanc.Rob Gauntlett, 21, was just 19 when he summited Everest in 2006becoming the youngest Briton to stand
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