Mountain Accidents and Mountain Safety
I wrote the following three years ago so if any journalist wants a quote from me about the current spate of accidents in the Scottish...
The Cairngorms - 40 years on
Bod an Deamhain (Devil's Point) from Beinn Bhrotain THE rain swept across the deep void of Coire Sputan Dearg like curtains being drawn...
Review - The Grahams & The Donalds
HEARTIEST congratulations to Rab Anderson and Tom Prentice, the two Scottish Mountaineering Club members who have edited their club’s...
On a slippery slope...
I have been surprised to read that the much heralded camping provision in the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park, a camping provision...
Loch Lomond Bylaws - a backwards blow to Land Reform
LIKE many, many others I'm extremely disappointed by the SNP Government's approval of further bylaws in the Loch Lomond & Trossachs...
Top sunglasses for cycling from Oakley
I’VE used a host of different kinds of sun-shades for cycling over the years and until now I haven’t really found a pair that I could...
Roads Less Travelled - West Highlands
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” THESE lines from Robert...
Specialized's Fatboy 2016 fat bike
IT was a Christmas gift, one of those “to me from me” type gifts although my wife and I have agreed it will be her very special present...
Munros - the Awkward Ones
ASK most baggers what the most difficult Munro ascents are and nine out of ten will categorically claim they are the summits of the Skye...
If you want to buy your loved one a book for Christmas make it this one!
IN the summer of 2012 two veteran Scots mountaineers stood on the summit of Nanga Parbat (8126m) in Pakistan. They had just climbed this...
