Dave's favourite mountain
Thinking skywards I remember the foothills of the Himalaya where I lived in my late teens, far higher than I have ever ventured since, I...
The Scotland Adventure - Part 2
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilised people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness...
The Scotland Adventure - Part 1
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist. That is all” - Oscar Wilde I am finally getting time to breathe after what...
A couple of Ben's; The good and The bad
“Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the...
Sun always shines on the mountains
“If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm” We are half-way through this winter season and what a winter it's been...
Have you ever hiked in a Winter storm?
“It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a...
