Photography equipment upgrades for 2016
Photography is starting to play a more important role in my work, so I’ve invested in some better camera gear and I thought it was time I wrote…
Month: March 2016
Availability update for freelance editorial work
I still have time to take on one or two projects over the summer, but slots are filling up fast and I am now fully booked for freelance editorial work…
Mountain Podcast, Episode 5: The Angel of Camasunary
Mountain A Podcast About Adventure Hosted by Christopher Sleight The fifth episode of Mountain hit the interwebs last week, and I loaded it up on my iPod to accompany…
New Cape Wrath Trail feature in Top Trails
Top Trails is a yearly online magazine published by Outdoor Enthusiast, and the latest issue includes my new feature on the Cape Wrath Trail. It’s free to read…
Gear Review: Grivel G1 New Classic crampons
These are some of the lightest full-service, steel crampons designed to stand up to the rigours of general mountaineering. But are they any good?
The Lochaber Traverse in winter
After many years of dreaming and planning, I have succeeded in completing the Lochaber Traverse in winter. This week was all about good planning and astronomical odds coming…
Book review and interview: ‘Out There’ by Chris Townsend
Out There: A voice from the wild By Chris Townsend Published 17th of March 2016
Ten years ago, I chose adventure
An important anniversary has slipped past unnoticed. In February 2006 I chose adventure, and although it didn’t seem like the prudent course at the time, my priorities were the…
First look: Out There, the new book by Chris Townsend
Out There: A voice from the wild By Chris Townsend
Birdwatching at Gibraltar Point
My brother James Roddie is down from Scotland for a few days, so we paid a visit with our dad to the local nature reserve of Gibraltar Point…