Harold Raeburn's climbing achievements in the Edwardian era were as impressive as those of Murray, Patey, or MacInnesĀ in later periods. We might even think of these greats as standing on Raeburn's shoulders, says Peter J Biggar, author of a new biography. This extract from the book hinges on his remarkable 1920 first winter ascent of Observatory Ridge, a climb that retains a bit of a reputation even a century later.
News Place Nicknames Added to Tool to Aid Emergency Services
Ordnance Survey is inviting emergency service organisations around Great Britain to input local and colloquial nicknames to a new database called the Vernacular Names Tool, as an aid to getting responders to the right location even if...