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Munros for Malawi
Friday 23rd June 2023, 2:04pm

Andrew Walker, Mountaineering Scotland’s Director of Communications and Member Services, reflects on his challenge to summit 40 Munros for WaterAid.

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Cotswold Outdoor backs new campaign to save Scotland’s mountain paths
Thursday 22nd June 2023, 2:45pm

Mountaineering Scotland and the Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland (OATS) are delighted to announce Cotswold Outdoor as the official sponsor of a new three-year campaign to raise £300,000 for much-needed path repairs on An Teallach, one of Scotland’s most iconic mountains.

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Mountains of Food
Friday 16th June 2023, 1:18pm

Mountaineering Scotland's Mountain Safety Advisor, Ben Gibson, shares some thoughts on nutrition for a day in the hills. Image credit: Richard Cross

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Coalition demands meeting with phone operators
Monday 12th June 2023, 10:01am

Mountaineering Scotland, as part of a coalition of community, conservation and outdoor recreation groups, has issued a joint statement expressing concerns about the UK Government’s rural connectivity deal with four mobile phone operators - EE, O2, Three and Vodafone – which would see countless phone masts erected on Scotland’s hills.

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Official opening for Beinn a’ Ghlo car park
Friday 9th June 2023, 11:13am

Car parking fees from the new Beinn a' Ghlo car park at Loch Moraig will be invested in environmental charity’s annual mountain path maintenance volunteer programme.

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Coalition calls for rethink of "reckless and wasteful" phone mast roll-out on Scotland’s hills
Friday 2nd June 2023, 9:14am

A coalition of community, conservation and outdoor recreation groups - including Mountaineering Scotland - is calling on the UK Government to pause and review its digital connectivity programme, the Shared Rural Network.

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Our month: Mountaineering Scotland in May 2023
Thursday 1st June 2023, 2:11pm

Take a look back at what the Mountaineering Scotland team got up to during May, including the launch of our new partnership campaign - It's Up to Us - to save Scotland's mountain paths

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It's Up to Us launches in Perth
Thursday 1st June 2023, 9:05am

Mountaineering Scotland's new partnership campaign with the Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland - It's Up to Us - launched in Perth on the 25th of May. The campaign kicks off with a fundraising campaign to raise £300,000 to repair the badly eroded path on An Teallach in the Northwest Highlands.

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Our month: Mountaineering Scotland in April 2023
Friday 28th April 2023, 1:53pm

A look back at what the Mountaineering Scotland team got up to during April.

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Nesting season: Birds, birds, birds
Friday 28th April 2023, 1:44pm

Top Scottish climber and adventurer, Robbie Phillips, looks back at an attempt of The Longhope Direct during an early Fulmar nesting season. Adapted from an article in Scottish Mountaineer, Issue 98 (Winter 2023)

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