I spent twenty minutes last week watching a well-meaning group stare at a brand-new, high-tech ultralight tent that was currently being shredded by a sudden …
Most people think a complete guide to birdwatching needs to start with a list of the most expensive Swarovski optics or a PhD in ornithology, …
I once watched a group of climbers sit in a dry, sunny valley, admiring the sheen on their brand-new, ultralight hardshells like they were looking …
I remember a group of hikers last autumn, parents who had spent a small fortune on high-end, lightweight binoculars only to have their seven-year-olds drop …
I was halfway up a scree slope in the Cairngorms last October, trying to track a pair of golden eagles through a sudden, stinging sleet, …
I remember sitting in a damp hollow near the Brecon Beacons back in 2012, trying to log a specific sighting while the light was failing …
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 once watched a group of well-meaning weekend warriors try to figure out how to canoe camp while they were actively drifting toward a reed …
I was crouched in a patch of gorse three years ago, my knees aching and my fingers numb from a biting Atlantic wind, waiting for …
I was up on a ridge in the Cairngorms last Tuesday, watching a pair of peregrines circle a scree slope, when I realized how much …