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As a young man with a compelling interest in the great outdoors and the natural world Allister (‘Ashie’) Brebner spent his precious weekends in the 1950s and early ’60s as a pioneer of the emerging S …

In the summer of 2012, a team of six climbers set out to attempt the first ascent of one of the great unclimbed lines of the Himalaya — the giant Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat, the world’s ninth highe …

The North York Moors and Wolds offer a diverse range of walking opportunities — from the stunning scenery of Robin Hood’s Bay through the grand ruins of Rievaulx Abbey to the wildness of the Moors th …

The Mourne and Cooley Mountains are quite simply a hiker’s paradise. The highest and most dramatic mountain range in Northern Ireland, the Mournes hug the County Down coastline in a compact region de …

‘A book grows rather like a snow crystal. One doesn’t write it from start to finish but, in greater or less degree, all at the same time … that is why my book is not in chronological order; for every …

‘This is fencing!’ is a rally call heard in training centres around the country. Coined by experienced GB fencing coach, Ziemowit Wojciechowski, it embodies the passion, skill and dedication needed t …

So you want to run an Ultramarathon. It all looks a very long way, doesn’t it? It can’t be good for you, it can’t be fun and surely you have to be some kind of super-athlete to be able to run that fa …

Ian Niall, sportsman and naturalist, shares with his reader the joy of the countryman, captured in these varied recollections which draw on a lifetime observing nature, studying wildlife, shooting an …

This book uses the latest techniques in computer-generated drawings to show the reader exactly how to create an artificial fly, step-by-step. Clearer than photography, more life-like than drawings, t …

‘The emotional pain of failing just felt like it was going to be a bit worse than the physical pain of carrying on … ‘ Attempting to break long-distance running records used to be an underground ende …