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Workmates take up African quest in memory of John Taylor

7:48am Saturday 9th February 2013

A TEAM of workmates is about to scale the highest mountain in Africa in memory of a colleague who died last year.

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Tragic climber’s legacy for mountain rescue dog teams

8:21am Monday 7th January 2013

A CHARITY which trains mountain rescue dog teams has been given a “lasting legacy” through money raised by the family and friends of a York climber killed in an Alpine avalanche.

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Hundreds attend memorial service for York climbers

10:10am Saturday 28th July 2012

HUNDREDS of people packed into an emotional service to remember the two York climbers killed in an Alpine avalanche.

Joint funeral for York avalanche victims

8:35am Wednesday 25th July 2012

 A JOINT funeral for two York men who died in an avalanche will be held on Friday.

Inquest opens on climbers killed in avalanche

10:00am Saturday 21st July 2012

THE inquests will open today into the deaths of two York climbers in the French avalanche.

Prayers for tragic climbers

9:40am Monday 16th July 2012

CHURCHGOERS observed a minute’s silence in memory of two York climbers killed in the French avalanche.

ALPS TRAGEDY: Families pay tribute - "We are all truly devastated"

9:00am Saturday 14th July 2012

THE grieving families of two climbers from York killed in the avalanche on an Alpine peak called the Cursed Mountain have told of their devastation.

• Donate to climbers' hospice appeal
• Neighbour tells of sadness in street
• Boss hails "kind and gentle man"

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Tributes paid to avalanche victims from York

12:20pm Friday 13th July 2012

A CLOSE-KNIT York community is in mourning today after two residents were killed in a devastating avalanche in the French Alps.

• Neighbour of York victims tells of sadness
• Two UK avalanche victims named
• York climbers caught in avalanche in Alps, reports claim

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