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Thursday, 5 August 2021

Not Quite A Thunderstorm On Meall a' Bhuachaille

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  Thunderstorms scare me in the hills. I've had too many close encounters with lightning, most recently on my Colorado Rockies walk two ...
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Saturday, 31 July 2021

In Praise of Hiking Shirts

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Paramo Katmai shirt. Pacific Northwest Trail, 2010 This summer I’ve been testing two t-shirts for The Great Outdoors (see reviews here and ...
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Friday, 30 July 2021

First Hilleberg Akto review - in 1996 after a trip to the Grand Canyon

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    Looking through old copies of The Great Outdoors for short quotes to use in current issues I came across my first review of the Hillebe...
Monday, 26 July 2021

Heat & Mist in the Torridon Hills

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My first camp as the mists cleared on the second morning Heading for the Torridon hills last week I was looking forward to some sunny weathe...
Saturday, 24 July 2021

Munro Reminiscences: On the Cuillin Ridge on my Munros and Tops walk 25 years ago.

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  On July 24, 1996, I was joined by two rock climber friends, Chris Ainsworth and Paul Riley, for the Cuillin Ridge section of my summer lon...
Sunday, 18 July 2021

Backpacking Borrowdale feature in Lakeland Walker

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  For the first time I have a feature in Lakeland Walker magazine. Earlier in the year editor John Manning asked me to write a piece for the...
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A Look At The August Issue Of The Great Outdoors

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The August issue of The Great Outdoors is out now. In it I have a feature on the gear I used on the walk in the NW Highlands I described in...