What I’ve been reading this week, 31 May 2019
I seem to have read a lot of interesting things this week, so once again it’s a slightly longer entry. Enjoy. Long-distance backpacking Cape Wrath Trail trip report,…
Month: May 2019
Paper vs. digital journaling on a long-distance trail
When I go backpacking, keeping a journal is an important part of the process for me – as important as taking photographs. But should you keep a digital…
What I’ve been reading this week, 24 May 2019
Since there was no ‘reading’ post last week – I was away backpacking in the Highlands – I’ve included a few extra links tonight. Enjoy! Backpacking and the…
What I’ve been reading this week, 10 May 2019
Sustainable tourism, walking for mental health, the 40th TGO Challenge, section hiking the CWT, and editing as therapy. Environment Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth’s…
Aonach Beag and Ben Nevis, Alpine-style
A decade ago, my life was very different. I’d been living in Glen Coe for just over a year, working behind the bar at the Clachaig Inn, and…
Chased by Storms: 113 miles along the Haute Route Pyrenees and GR11 in 2016
Three long-distance routes traverse the Pyrenees: the GR10, GR11 and, most challenging of all, the Pyrenean Haute Route. In 2016, on the hunt for mountains and summer sun,…
The delicate balance of information and uncertainty in adventure
This essay was first published in my Pinnacle Newsletter on 26 April 2019. Sign up for my newsletter here. Some say that ‘adventure’ has become a meaningless term.…
What I’ve been reading this week, 3 May 2019
Writing a guidebook in a mountain hut on the Pyrenean Haute Route – Tom Martens, author of the new Cicerone guide to the HRP, writes about an adventure…
Haute Route Pyrenees planning: maps, apps, GPX data, and more
Updated 2019-07-12 to reflect my final setup on the eve of my hike. From mid-July 2019, I’ll be thru-hiking the Haute Route Pyrenees. Planning is now well underway,…