Hiking

I remember a group I led back in 2014—a lovely, keen lot—who had spent a small fortune on the flashiest, lightest ultralight boots you could …

I remember standing on a narrow col in the Cairngorms, watching a group of eight people try to navigate a technical descent in a sudden, …

I’ve sat on many a damp ridge watching a group of “prepared” hikers realize that their expensive, lightweight gadgets are useless when the wind is …

I once spent four hours in a freezing, sodden hollow on the edge of the Lake District, watching a group of very bright, very capable …

I remember standing on a ridge in the Cairngorms back in 2014, watching a group of otherwise capable hikers stare blankly at their phones because …

I was standing on a granite ridge in the Cairngorms three years ago, watching a guy try to navigate a sudden mist bank using nothing …

I once spent four hours in a bivvy bag on a ridge in the Cairngorms, listening to a group of “prepared” hikers argue about whether …

I spent most of my twenties watching people make the same mistake: they’d walk into an outdoor shop and walk out with five hundred pounds …

I remember sitting in a sodden bivvy bag near the Cairngorms, listening to the wind whip against the flysheet and watching a group of hikers …