Blood and Mountain: Menstruation on the Trail - by Jennifer Custer
Menstruating is a bore at the best of times. How often have I done the math on my cycle and groaned? Of course it would have to come...
How to Get Fit for the Mountains
How do I get fit for the mountains? This is, without doubt, one of most frequently asked questions we receive here at City...
Five Mountain Birds You Need to Know
Birds can be a bit of a mystery to people. That flying habit of theirs makes identifying them difficult for the uninitiated and it’s easy...
Life in Lockdown
The ground beneath me began to warp as I stood motionless, wondering: "What the f**k do I do now?
Britain's Absent Predators...
‘You’ll need this’, I was told as I was handed a bright red canister. I tried to work out what it was without looking like that’s what I...
Comfortable being Uncomfortable
Finally we can stand up, stretching out to squeeze any lingering stiffness from our tired limbs as we lean into the bracing wind. Leaving th
The Grand Plan
“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars” - Jack Kerouac, On the Road For those of you that have...
Winter Tales (2019)
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist. That is all” - Oscar Wilde Having finished another amazing season, I am...
Wild Scotland!
“There are two seasons in Scotland. June and Winter...” - Billy Connolly Hiking in North West Scotland The week can be summarised around...
Feel Alive!
“Mountains, like men, have their history. They too are born, grow old, decay and die. ‘Do they also love?’ A character from Mosca might...
