Hiking

I once spent four hours in a damp valley near the Cairngorms, watching a father try to navigate a steep scree slope while his six-year-old …

I’ve spent two decades watching people mistake a sunny morning in the valley for a guarantee of safety, and adding a dog to the equation …

I remember a group of walkers back in the Cairngorms, three years ago, standing on the edge of a swollen burn. They were staring at …

I once watched a group of otherwise capable hikers struggle through a scree slope in the Cairngorms, their legs shaking and their rhythm completely broken, …

I remember a Tuesday in late October, somewhere on the edge of the Cairngorms, when the wind wasn’t just blowing—it was screaming through the heather, …

I remember a group I led back in 2014, halfway up a scree slope in the Cairngorms, when the leader decided he could “power through” …

I’ve sat in too many damp tents listening to the rhythmic, miserable whimpering of people who thought they could “tough out” a hot spot. There …

I’ve seen enough people standing on a ridge in the Lake District, staring at a descent they can’t finish because their feet have turned into …

I remember a Tuesday in the Cairngorms back in 2014, standing on a ridge in a horizontal sleet that felt like it was trying to …