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University is finished. The weather is good. Extestential crisis? Brewing. There are few better ways to avoid existentialism than a long walk in the mountains. I packed 5 days of food and headed out for a long walk with no real objectives other than to explore parts of the Cairngorms I haven’t been to before.…

Climbing, especially mountaineering, is inherently dangerous. There’s no way around it. Skilled climbers—much better than I will ever be—have made simple mistakes that cost them their lives. Even climbers who have conquered the most challenging routes in the Alps have slipped on an easy Munro they’ve climbed hundreds of times or found themselves in the…

I rarely write reviews – I think there is just one other on my blog, and I rarely feel compelled to write a review about a book, but I feel these two books deserve a recommendation. I’ve read many hiking and mountain books, and whilst many are engaging and well-written, they don’t end up being…

As some of you may know – the Admello-Brenta is my favourite place in the world. I normally only visit in summer, but I thought I would share some photos from a visit in Spring. At this time of year, the mountains are empty and quiet, the ski runs (my views on these are unchanged…

One of the most wonderful things about time in nature is that time in wild places is worth far more than simply the number of hours you spend out. Time there is weighted differently to time in the city – a day in a wild place is more than long enough to do everything you…