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There is something very special about skiing to the waters edge, like all the way to the lapping water on the shore. After a very hit and...

After your boots, an ice axe is possibly the single most useful piece of kit for winter walking. Use it alone, or with the addition of crampons, for a secure day out in winter. This article looks at how to choose it and then how to use it, so that you can discover some of the great places the ice axe can take you. The Orgins of the Ice Axe The predecessor of the ice axe was the alpenstock, a long wooden pole with an iron spike tip, used by shepherds for travel on snowfields a

Sitting by the fire with a mug of hot tea, watching the leaves turn red and gold outside, I get great pleasure from flicking through my...

The transition from summer rock climbing into winter is best prepared for in advance. Dusting off your B3 boots, ice axes and crampons,...

You may be relatively new to winter walking or an expert winter climber, but avalanche awareness applies to us all and unfortunately, I don't think we can ever sit back and say we have it all sorted. It needs constant awareness and practise both at home and in the mountains. I hope if you are reading this, you have managed to get some previous avalanche training and have been made aware of the Be Avalanche Aware process. If not get yourself online to find out more, or downlo

Keeping our hands warm in winter is a common topic of conversation and an area of confusion for some. The idea of needing the most expensive gloves on the market, or buying the thickest pair possible, is not necessarily the only way to go about keeping your hands warmer. I hope to share with you some tried and tested top tips. Warm heart, warm hands and a big smile! Work from the Inside out I know we said we were talking about hands, but one of the biggest ways to keep our e

Easterly winds were forecast, dragging frigid air from Serbia – a bone-chilling -30°C to be precise. The dry air bit sharply with every...

Days like these are the ones you dream of, for a long time... it takes the stars to align from the weather, climbing partners and if you're trying to film it, low winds good light and a very early start! Alarms set for 3am... (I got up before my alarm even went off!) nervous, excited and psyched to start our adventure for another amazing day in the Scottish mountains. We had a 2hr drive ahead of us to the base of the route and a steep 2hr walk to gain the crest of the ridge

As the summer season draws to a close, we get some spare time on our hands, so what better to do than see where the water is and get some good old fashioned adrenaline! So Liam, Terry and myself had a few days off together, and there was plenty of rain forecast for the night so we decided to head to the Orchy... We aimed for a descent over two days from Loch Tulla to Loch Awe, it would be reasonably leisurely, but it gave us some options for the second day when the levels c

Lewis and Harris, one of the islands that I had always wanted to visit but always seemed to be 'too busy' so when Ben got in touch about...