Hiking

I was standing on a ridge in the Cairngorms three years ago, watching a group of hikers huddle under a single, overpriced ultralight tarp while …

I’ve spent twenty-two years watching people crumble on steep ascents, and most of them weren’t lacking “spirit”—they were just following the wrong advice. You don’t …

I remember standing on a ridge in the Cairngorms, watching the mist swallow the valley whole, while a group of “expert” hikers argued that their …

I spent most of my morning looking at a sales page for a “smart” hydration bladder that costs more than my first car, and frankly, …

I remember a group I led in the Cairngorms three years ago—it was mid-October, the kind of day where the mist doesn’t just sit on …

I was standing on a ridge in the Lake District three years ago, watching a group of hikers freeze because they’d read a glossy magazine …

I once spent three hours in a damp hollow on the edge of the Lake District, watching a group of “prepared” hikers realize that their …

I remember a Tuesday in the Cairngorms, about six years ago, when the wind was hitting forty knots and the temperature had dropped ten degrees …

I remember a group I was leading in the Cairngorms back in 2014—not a bad group, just a bit too optimistic about the afternoon’s temperature. …