Blog Posts

  • The Skye Trail – to the Ends of the Earth

    I awoke to the rattle of my window in the wind. Rain was lashing down, and it looked rather like a November morning (it’s August!). Today, I would be setting off for another walk—the Skye trail—and clearly, Scotland wanted to welcome me back in good style! Signing, I exited my bed and, frankly struggling for…

  • Adamello Circuit

    As the Italians would put it – this was a journey full of emotion. The Adamello range is stunning in wild in a way that I have never encountered before. Each day I met fewer people than you would in the midst of the Cairngorm Plateau, all whilst walking beneath glaciers, swimming in high alpine…

  • Presanella at Last

    Some mountains are special. Something about these mountains eats straight to your soul – their shape, line, and raw beauty inspire a mixture of fear and awe that creates that wonderful stomach-churning excitement that surely motivates all mountaineers to climb. For me, Presanella was the first mountain to do that: it’s proud pyramidal shape and…

  • Kermesse Folk

    The Dalmazzi rifugio is one of my favourite places in the world: a hidden gem for many British climbers, who are hypnotised by the quick hit, lift served alpinism available from Chamonix, which to me lacks the authenticity and purity of experience that one gains walking up from the valley. The Dalmazzi rifugio provides some…

  • Delightful Diabeg

    Diabeg is one of those places – it feels surreal. Beautiful slabs of gneiss rise out of the sea, with beautiful fine cracks running up these walls, making for excellent, relatively safe climbing. The quality of the rock, combined with the stunning outlook over the peninsula, make it undoubtedly one of the finest ‘non-mountain’ crags…