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  • 2023
  • March
  • › REFLECTIONS ON A DAY OF SORROW ABOVE GLEN COE
  • January
  • › GOING NOWHERE FAST IN THE SNOWY DEPTHS OF GLEN DOLL
  • 2022
  • November
  • › FORGETTING EYE PROTECTION WAS BIG MISTAKE IN WINTER SUN
  • October
  • › MUNRO BEERS NON-STARTER AND A SHEEP POO COCKTAIL
  • September
  • › SKYE WATERCOLOUR AND THE DAY EVERYTHING WENT WRONG
  • June
  • › WHY SEANA BHRAIGH WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN STEVE'S HEART
  • May
  • › THE NOSTALGIA OF A WET AND WILD DAY ON BRIDGE OF ORCHY MUNROS
  • March
  • › DAY OF TOIL IN DEEP, SOFT SNOW ON THE ATHOLL HILLS
  • January
  • › TROSSACHS WINTER TRAVERSE WITH WINTER POSTED MISSING
  • › AN UNSETTLING ENCOUNTER DURING NIGHT IN REMOTE BOTHY
  • › SUNBATHING IN DECEMBER ABOVE THE AONACH EAGACH
  • 2021
  • December
  • › MOUNTAIN MAN NICK'S POIGNANT MUNRO MISSION AT THE AGE OF 80
  • › THE WEEKEND WE WERE ABANDONED IN WINTRY GLEN DOLL
  • October
  • › THE MIRACLE OF STAYING DRY IN THE MONADHLIATH WETLANDS
  • August
  • › HEATWAVE HILLS – AND WATERPROOFS – IN ARKAIG AND KINTAIL
  • July
  • › SIMPLE MOUNTAIN SLIPS THAT CAN HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES
  • May
  • › THE JOYS OF MIXED-UP MAY IN THE MOUNTAINS
  • › MOUNTAIN EDUCATION AND THE BEST WAY FORWARD
  • January
  • › GUEST BLOG: MUNRO MUSINGS OF NEW 'COMPLEATIST' ILONA
  • 2020
  • December
  • › THE DANGER OF MAKING ASSUMPTIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS
  • November
  • › MEET THE WALKER WHO DOES ALL HER MOUNTAINS CAR-FREE
  • September
  • › TAKING THE FIRST STEPS ON THE GREAT MOUNTAIN LEARNING CURVE
  • › NO SUMMITS REQUIRED FOR CLASSIC CIRCUIT INTO HEART OF THE CAIRNGORMS
  • July
  • › THE ONLY NORMAL IN RETURN TO THE MOUNTAINS IS THE WEATHER
  • June
  • › MIDGES, CLEGS AND ZEBRAS – THE BITEBACK STARTS HERE
  • › BING CROSBY, DONALD TRUMP AND THE ART OF STAYING POSITIVE
  • May
  • › MOUNTAINS BY MOONLIGHT – THE FINAL CHAPTER
  • March
  • › THE JOYS OF WANDERING IN AN EMPTY WINTER LANDSCAPE
  • January
  • › TEAMWORK IS KEY IN MOUNTAIN RESCUE – ON AND OFF THE HILL
  • › LOWERING HILL EXPECTATIONS IS A GOOD PLAN FOR WINTER MONTHS
  • 2019
  • December
  • › HEARTENING TO SEE THAT YOUNGSTERS KNOW THE SCORE WITH NATURE
  • › SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU SHIVER: MOUNTAIN FEARS AND PHOBIAS
  • November
  • › WINTER MOUNTAIN WEARINESS AND THE DJOKOVIC FACTOR
  • › MOUNTAIN SURVIVAL IN THE BAD OLD DAYS OF ALCOHOL AND COTTON
  • › GOLDEN AUTUMN MORNINGS WITH OLD FRIENDS IN KINTAIL
  • July
  • › A GREY DAY OF THE UNEXPECTED ON THE HART FELL CIRCUIT
  • June
  • › STAYING SAFE DURING THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING IN THE MOUNTAINS
  • May
  • › CELEBRATING THE MOUNTAIN LEGACY OF SIR HUGH MUNRO
  • April
  • › SAVING THE BEST UNTIL LAST ON COWAL'S ROUGH SLOPES
  • › TWO DAYS, THREE HILLS, 73KM – LONG TREKS IN THE EMPTY NORTH
  • › FROM WINTER TO SPRING IN ONE DAY ON BEN CHONZIE
  • March
  • › WALKING THE LINE ON OUTDOOR PRODUCT PLACEMENT
  • January
  • › DON'T LET SNEAK THIEVES RUIN YOUR DAY IN THE HILLS
  • 2018
  • December
  • › LOST AND FOUND: A WINTER STROLL ABOVE LOCH MUICK
  • November
  • › SHORTER DAYS AND THE DANGER OF DARK MOUNTAIN DESCENTS
  • › A LITTLE KNOWHOW IS VITAL WHEN YOU'RE GEARING UP FOR WINTER
  • October
  • › SEARCHING FOR THE HARVEST MOON ON THE MOUNTAIN OF MIST
  • September
  • › HOW TWO SMALL HILLS IN COWAL PROVED TOUGHER THAN SEVEN MUNROS
  • August
  • › ACROSS LOCH ETIVE BY CANOE FOR FULL MOON WALK ON BEN STARAV
  • › NEVER MIND THE SUMMITS, THIS WAS MY MOST SATISFYING MOUNTAIN DAY EVER
  • › SOMETHING TO CHEW OVER – A NEW LIGHTWEIGHT FOOD CHOICE
  • May
  • › PINK MOON AND TEQUILA SUNRISE ON BEINN EIGHE
  • February
  • › CRAMPONS, SPIKES AND SNOW SHOES, THE OPTIONS FOR WINTER CONDITIONS
  • › BLUE MOON, BLUE MOUNTAIN, AND A WALK IN THE WHITE DARKNESS
  • 2017
  • November
  • › MAKE SURE TO LEAVE EXTRA TIME FOR WINTER MOUNTAIN WALKS
  • › THOUGHTS ON A WINTER DAY CIRCUIT IN HEART OF CAIRNGORMS
  • October
  • › HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE ONE OF MY LEAST FAVOURITE MUNROS
  • September
  • › NAVIGATION ERRORS AND THE HERD MENTALITY
  • August
  • › FOUR SOGGY DAYS IN THE WET HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND
  • May
  • › HOW WE BECAME VICTIMS OF A HEINOUS CRIME ON SUILVEN
  • March
  • › WHY I STILL PREFER MAPS OVER APPS FOR MOUNTAIN NAVIGATION
  • February
  • › ON A SCALE OF ZERO TO 12, HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR WIND SPEEDS?
  • › BE PREPARED – DON'T GET CAUGHT OUT BY A SUDDEN WINTER BLAST
  • January
  • › BLOWING AWAY THE COBWEBS IN FROZEN BEAUTY OF GLEN DOLL
  • 2016
  • December
  • › DON'T ALLOW EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL TO TEMPT YOU INTO WINTER MISTAKE
  • November
  • › I PICKED THE WRONG DAY AND WRONG MOUNTAIN FOR A WINTER WALK
  • › FIRST TASTE OF WINTER IN THE HILLS IS ALWAYS A SPECIAL MOMENT
  • October
  • › START KIDS OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT AND THEY WILL GROW TO LOVE HILL DAYS
  • August
  • › SUNSET AND SUNRISE ON A TRAVERSE OF THE FISHERFIELD MUNROS
  • June
  • › BEATING THE WEATHER IN MORAY FOR A MOONLIGHT WALK ON BEN RINNES
  • May
  • › MICHAEL'S WAY: IONA AND A LONG WALK ACROSS MULL
  • › PALM TREES AND SNOWFALL – SEVEN DAYS IN THE NORTH-WEST HIGHLANDS
  • › WINTER SPRINGS A LATE AMBUSH ON CREAG MEAGAIDH TRAVERSE
  • April
  • › I WAS LEFT HUMBLED BY A WALK WITH A REMARKABLE MAN
  • March
  • › SUNSCREEN, FULL WINTER GEAR AND THE WRONG TROUSERS
  • February
  • › TREASURE TROVE OF GEAR WE MANAGE TO LEAVE ON THE HILLS
  • January
  • › DON'T FORGET YOUR HEADTORCH – IT COULD BE A WINTER LIFESAVER
  • › THE DAY WE WERE LED TO SAFETY BY MYSTERY FIGURE ON BEN CHALLUM
  • 2015
  • December
  • › A FEW WORDS OF CAUTION ON SCOTS MOUNTAIN HUTS PROPOSAL
  • November
  • › RUINS THAT TELL A SAD TALE IN EMPTINESS OF GLEN EY
  • › LET'S HAVE A REALITY CHECK FOR CLIMBING OUR MOUNTAINS
  • September
  • › LITTLE WHITE LIE COULD HELP PREVENT A MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY
  • May
  • › MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY CAN BE JUST ONE CARELESS SECOND AWAY
  • April
  • › SO SAD TO SEE BULLDOZERS ON HISTORIC ROAD TO THE ISLES
  • › SIX-DAY SWITCH THAT HIGHLIGHTS DEADLY CHALLENGE ON MOUNTAINS
  • March
  • › LOCH LOMOND HILL THAT TOOK 23 YEARS TO CLIMB
  • February
  • › DON'T LEAVE IT TOO LATE TO PUT ON YOUR CRAMPONS
  • January
  • › DAY OF SHIFTING MOODS ON SNOWY CRUACH ARDRAIN
  • 2014
  • December
  • › TAKE THE RIGHT STEPS TO STAY SAFE IN THE MOUNTAINS
  • October
  • › TWO PERFECT DAYS HANGING AROUND WITH SKYE'S FINEST
  • › ARE YOU A DAYGLO WANDERER OR A MOUNTAIN RACCOON?
  • May
  • › MAPS, BOATS AND K2 – A CAUTIONARY TALE FROM KNOYDART
  • March
  • › LEARNING CURVE FOR MOUNTAIN CRAFT IS NEVER-ENDING
  • › WEIGHTY DILEMMA WHEN WALKING IN DEEP SNOW OR HIGH WINDS
  • January
  • › THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT GETTING YOUR GEAR OFF IN THE HILLS
  • 2013
  • December
  • › ICY NIGHT ON SCHIEHALLION WAS A REAL TELLY ADVENTURE
  • › LOST AT LOCHNAGAR – A TIMELY REMINDER OF HOW THINGS CAN GO WRONG
  • November
  • › MOUNT KEEN WAS THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR A LAZY DAY
  • › MAKE SURE YOU ARE GEARED UP FOR MOUNTAINS IN WINTER
  • › HAVE A PLAN B TO AVOID HAZARD OF RAGING RIVERS
  • › DUNDEE UNIVERSITY CLUB'S 90 YEARS OF MOUNTAIN HISTORY
  • October
  • › TRIAL AND ERROR IN BATTLE TO WARD OFF THE DREADED MIDGE
  • › KEV BLITZES THE MUNROS WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE
  • › WARM AND WET IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN COLD AND WET
  • › MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM WAS LOST IN THE CLOUD
  • › IT'S ALWAYS A TOUGH DAY OUT ON THE MULLARDOCHS
  • › FRIEND'S INJURY TURNED OUT TO BE A STROKE OF GOOD LUCK
  • › BETTER TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE HEADING TO THE MOUNTAINS
  • › WINTER CAN STRIKE BACK AT ANY TIME IN THE HILLS
  • Latest Posts
    • WE MUST MAKE SURE OUR ACCESS RIGHTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SLIP AWAYPublished 18th March 2023, 11:00
    • THESE HIGH AND MIGHTY PEAKS REIGN SUPREME OVER THEIR NEIGHBOURSPublished 11th March 2023, 11:53
    • REFLECTIONS ON A DAY OF SORROW ABOVE GLEN COEPublished 9th March 2023, 19:20
    • WHY 2022 WAS IN LEAGUE OF ITS OWN FOR CHAOS AND CONFUSIONPublished 1st January 2023, 21:10
    • GOING NOWHERE FAST IN THE SNOWY DEPTHS OF GLEN DOLLPublished 1st January 2023, 20:58
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