Over the past few weeks it feels that adventures have got slightly bigger although always curbed or influenced by one rule or another. This post is almost a note to myself; 2020 has been a tough year so far but there have been many moments of joy and it’s important to reflect on those. It’s…
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Mountain of the month September 2019: Mt Hood, Oregon, USA
If August’s mountain of the month was a little tenuous hopefully you will forgive me when you check out Septembers mountain of the month. In September we went BIG – a trip to the Pacific Northwest in America where the highlight of the trip was a circumnavigation of Mt Hood, a dormant volcano in Oregon….
Top 10 tips for planning an American backpacking trip from the UK
Test any new skills in the UK first – a backpacking trip in the USA might involve a few extra skills than you are used to using in the UK. Having a few trips to specifically check your skill set is a great way to test kit and fitness. For us we hadn’t wild camped…
Mountain of the month June 2019: Ben Starav, Highlands, Scotland, UK
After the success of our weekend in Arran we couldn’t believe it when yet another promising weather forecast preceded a planned weekend up in Scotland. After flying from Bristol to Glasgow we picked up a car and headed north. With less than 72 hours available we were keen to make the most of the good…
Mountain of the month May 2019: Dartmoor wild camp
Something a little different for mountain of the month in May. What Dartmoor lacks in mountains it makes up for in ancient by-laws that permit wild camping. For someone as outdoorsy as I may appear to be I had never been wild camping before. I’d wanted to go for a few years but the time…
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