The worst mountain disaster in British history
from: BBC News Fifty years ago, five teenage school pupils and their 18-year-old guide froze to death on the Cairngorm plateau.
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Africa’s Last Mountain Glaciers Will Soon Be Gone, U.N. Report Warns
The loss of the ice sheets would be another sign of the catastrophic effect of climate change on the continent. Floods are worse, droughts last longer and millions of people have been displaced. From: New York Times
The nightmare of India’s tallest rubbish mountain
India’s oldest and tallest mountain of rubbish in the city of Mumbai is 18 storeys high. from: BBC News
Ndakasi, Mountain Gorilla in Famous Selfie, Dies at 14
She died at age 14 in the Democratic Republic of Congo after “a prolonged illness,” said the park where she lived. From: New York Times
Mountain challenge: Will Renwick runs 189 Welsh peaks
from: BBC News Will Renwick began his trek to run up and down 189 peaks over 2,000ft a month ago.
Terry Abraham looks back on his Life of a Mountain trilogy
Life of a Mountain director Terry Abraham reflects on the changing face of the Lake District.
Mountain lion: US mother fights off animal attacking her son
from: BBC News She hit the animal with her bare hands as it attacked the five-year-old at their home in California.
Snowdon: Call to respect mountain amid spike in visitors
from: BBC News Litter, erosion and traffic put “significant pressure” on the mountain, says the Snowdonia Society.
Britain’s Olympic mountain bike champion Pidcock to ride Vuelta a Espana for Ineos
Olympic mountain bike gold medallist Tom Pidcock will race in the Vuelta a Espana for Ineos Grenadiers alongside fellow Briton Adam Yates.
Tokyo Olympics: Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock takes mountain biking gold
from: BBC News Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock claims Olympic gold with a dominant display in the men’s mountain bike cross-country in Tokyo.
Tokyo Olympics: Team GB’s Tom Pidcock wins gold in mountain bike cross-country
from: BBC News Team GB’s Tom Pidcock puts in a brilliant ride to win an Olympic gold medal in the men’s mountain bike cross-country at Tokyo 2020.
‘Lions climbed a mountain to secure epic win but South Africa will come back even stronger’
Ex-British and Irish Lion Matt Dawson says the side climbed a mountain to beat South Africa. from: BBC News