New online interview with Andrew Mazibrada
Andrew Mazibrada is a climber, freelance outdoor writer and photographer who writes fiction under the pen name Marcus Cameron. Like many of my professional connections these days, we…
Month: March 2014
A Scottish Winter Season Missed
“The mountains will still be there next time…” This is a phrase commonly used by climbers to console those who have missed an opportunity, failed on a climb,…
#TheAthollExpedition Goodreads competition is now closed
Many thanks to all of you who entered my Goodreads giveaway to win a signed copy of The Atholl Expedition. 167 people entered in total and I’m pleased…
Breaking the ice on a new novel – the pilot chapter method
Actually getting started on a new novel can be a difficult step. Every writer is different: some of us leap headfirst into a new project, eager to get…
Should George Mallory’s ice axe remain in the UK?
If you ask the average person to name two mountaineers, he or she will probably pick Edmund Hillary and George Mallory. Both are synonymous with Everest, but for…
#TheAthollExpedition reviewed by Trail magazine
I had wondered what was causing today’s huge spike in visitors to my website! Trail, one of the UK’s most widely-read outdoor and mountaineering magazines, has published a…
Scotland’s last glacier … as it appears in the present day!
Photo (C) James Roddie 2014, all rights reserved Back in January, it emerged that the last glacier in the Scottish highlands may have lasted well into the 1700s.…
The Solomon Gordon papers, 1787 – 1789
“Who is Saussure? I hear his name everywhere about town this morning. Can it be that I am to have civilised company in this execrable valley at…
The Summits of Modern Man by Peter Hansen: Book Review
The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering After the Enlightenment by Peter H. Hansen I actually started reading this remarkable book some months ago. It’s a bit of a…