His family described him as an experienced hiker who had made frequent trips to the Scottish hills.
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More snow is likely in the Pennines and Scottish and Welsh hills but the Environment Agency has warned about flooding in some areas.
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One study comparing northern Scotland with the Chilterns, both areas where red kites (one of Britain's rarer raptors) were reintroduced in 1989, found only 41 Scottish pairs by 2006 but 320 in the southern English hills.
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Walkit, a U.K. walk-routing website, adjusts for hills using Naismith's Rule, developed by William W. Naismith, a Scottish mountaineer, in 1892.
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