Confused moggy follows hikers to the top of a 3,000m Swiss mountain

I think my cat-nav is broken! Confused moggy follows hikers to the top of a 3,000m Swiss mountain for the third time because it keeps getting lost Hikers were followed to the summit of a 3,073 metre high mountain by a tiny cat in an adorable moment  The cat had wandered away from civilization and … Read more

Irish Law: Wreckage of plane that nosedived into Scottish mountain 78 years ago discovered by hikers

Wreckage of plane that nosedived into a Scottish mountain while carrying 20 passengers 78 years ago is discovered by hikers – and it even features graffiti from a visitor in 1972 Pamela Aitken, 39, and her friend Kathryn Gaffney, 53, found a plane wreckage They were walking on Irish Law mountain in North Ayrshire, Scotland, … Read more

Hiker’s dog keeps him alive after he was stranded in the freezing Italian Alps for seven nights 

Hiker’s dog keeps him alive after he broke his ankle and was stranded in the freezing Italian Alps for seven nights The man was hiking with his dog Ash in the mountains in north-eastern Italy The 33-year-old was left stranded in the wild after falling and breaking his ankle The hiker said that Ash had … Read more

Hikers carry freezing dog off snowy mountains where it had been lost for two weeks

We’ll get you bark home: Heart-warming moment hikers carry freezing dog off snowy mountains where it had been lost for two weeks after chasing after a deer Ciara Nolan and Jean Francois Bonnet found dog in Wicklow Mountains, Ireland Duo wrapped the golden retriever named Neesha in a coat before carrying her Neesha, eight, had … Read more

Police fine group of 11 hikers who breached Covid rules

A group of 11 hikers who drove more than 150 miles from London to the Peak District have been fined for breaching coronavirus rules after one of them crashed their car.   The men had travelled from Harrow, North London in three vehicles on Monday, ahead of Boris Johnson announcing a third nationwide lockdown for England … Read more

English hikers travel more than 75 miles together in minibus to Wales’s Pen-Y-Fan mountain

Hikers from different households in England travelled more than 75 miles in a minibus together to climb a Welsh mountain in defiance of coronavirus restrictions.   Police said the walkers were from mixed households and had travelled from Cheltenham to South Wales for a hike, even though ‘Level 4’ restrictions – Wales’s equivalent of England’s Tier … Read more

Police reveal missing British hiker’s domestic life ‘was not as idyllic as social media suggested’

Police have revealed that missing British hiker Esther Dingley’s domestic life ‘was not as idyllic as social media suggested’ as footage has emerged showing her just days before her fateful walk. CCTV video shows Miss Dingley in a supermarket in the Spanish Pyrenees, where a shopper who saw her described her as looking ‘sad and … Read more

Instagram hikers are told to stop visiting plane crash site to take atmospheric snaps

Instagram hikers are told to stop visiting plane crash site to take atmospheric snaps after rescuers are called out three times in two days Instagram users have been warned not to hike to crash site on Bleaklow Moor Wreckage of B29 Superfortress which plunged into a ridge in 1948 remains Mountain rescuers say even experienced hikers … Read more

Black bear approaches VERY CALM hikers who stand still before it wanders away in Mexico 

Heart-pounding moment black bear approaches VERY CALM hikers who stand still – with one woman even taking a selfie as it sniffs her hair – before it wanders off A black bear approached a group of hikers at Chipinque Ecological Park in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico  One woman managed to take a selfie with the … Read more