Saturday 21 June, saw over 670 runners and walkers complete the gruelling 50 mile duathlon to run (or walk) 20 miles and then cycle 30 miles across Scotland. The Highland Cross route starts at Morvich in Kintail and heads through Glen Affric and Strathglass to Beauly. This year’s winner was Henry Blake in 3 hours 37 minutes, 35 seconds. The fastest woman home was Sandra Brett in 4 hours 24 minutes, 43. This means Keith Murray’s amazing record of 3.13.31, set in 1993, remains unbeaten. If you have a Highland Cross experience to tell us about, why not post a…

An attempt is being made to break the record for the most Munros climbed in 24 hours. Currently held by Jon Broxap who set the record by running over 29 Munros in Kintail and Glen Affric, Steve Pyke (or Spyke) will make his attempt to climb at least 30 on Saturday. Steve set the record for the 4,000 foot peaks last July, when he ran them in 20 hours 23 minutes – a distance of 85 miles with 17,000 feet of ascent. The attempt to break the Munros record is shorter at 75 miles, but will involve a massive 37,000…

This year’s Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon is over for another year. The four gruelling courses set around Glenfinnan near Fort William proved testing for all the two-member teams taking part in the annual overnight race. Hot sunshine on both days provided exhausting conditions with a wet and misty start on Sunday morning bringing the midges out in force. A couple of the top teams made mistakes or had equipment failures that meant the final results didn’t fully reflect their efforts – but such is the challenge of the LAMM. The day was a triumph for some teams, as they extended…

A 62 year old man has fallen to his death from the Devil’s Ridge in the Mamores near Fort William. The man is beleived to have fallen around 500 feet; his body was retreived by Lochaber Mountain Rescue team and a Royal Navy helicopter. Terry Confield, the Rescue team leader, said the victim was walking in good weather conditions when he fell. “The poor guy must have just lost his footing and slipped. He fell about 500ft and looks to have died instantly. It was just very unfortunate,” he said. The hot, sunny weather meant the area had become popular…

A climber has died after suffering serious head injuries in an 80ft (24m) fall in the Cuillin range on Skye on Friday 30 May. His companion raised the alarm at 12:30 following the accident in the Whispering Wall area on Sgurr a Mhadaidh. The Stornoway Coastguard helicopter was called and airlifted the injured man to Broadford Hospital on Skye, where he was pronounced dead. Northern Constabulary Police will now prepare a full report on the incident.