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I remember a group I was leading in the Cairngorms back in 2014; we had plenty of streams, but because everyone was obsessed with carrying …

I once watched a group of hikers try to prepare a three-course gourmet meal on a ridge in the Cairngorms, right as a front was …

I once spent a night huddled in a bivvy bag in the Cairngorms, shivering so violently I couldn’t even zip up my jacket, all because …

I remember sitting in a sodden valley in the Cairngorms, listening to the rhythmic thwack of rain hitting a cheap polyester flysheet that had promised …

I’ve spent twenty-two years watching people pack half a mountain of expensive, lightweight titanium gear only to end up shivering in a damp bivvy because …

I once watched a group of hikers spend three hours debating which high-tech, lightweight titanium stove was worth the extra fifty quid, only to spend …

I’ve sat on too many ridges in the Cairngorms watching people struggle with packs that were far too technical for what they were actually doing. …

I remember standing on a ridge in the Cairngorms three years ago, watching a group of hikers freeze in place because they’d followed some glossy …

I remember standing on a ridge in the Cairngorms three years ago, watching a group of hikers freeze because they’d bought into the marketing hype …