The majority of the population have probably not heard of Chris Townsend. If you’re not into nipping up Striding Edge and down Swirral of a Sunday afternoon, or tackling Carn Mor Dearg because you’ve done the Pony Track 3 times already then you probably haven’t.

OK, so the bad news is that I have had to withdraw from the TGO Challenge this year. To those of you not familiar with the TGO, it is a coast to coast walk across Scotland organised by The Great Outdoors Magazine every year. The beauty of it is that the route is down to […]

I’ve always been a traditional walking boot sort of guy. You know, full blown leather, Gore-Tex liner, a rugged and solid sole. The sort of footwear where your calf muscles strain a little and you notice the weight when you lift your leg up. I like the feeling of security that my feet aren’t going […]

  ‘And those great souls that have learnt to let go, out here like us we let go, we put on sacks, we hike in mountains. We’ve let go of the TV, the illusions, the jobs, I got  to have insurance and all these other concepts that have been holding us into this man made […]

There are 2 accepted methods of getting a book onto the market. The familiar way is being accepted by a publishing house, signing a contract and either getting an advance on your work, a cut of each book sale, or a mix of both. The second route is to self-publish whereby authors use a web-based […]

Some hikers suffer from a syndrome we know as dehydration. I am not referring to a lack of water but rather to the growing number of us who choose to dehydrate our food. There are many positives to this, and a few negatives as well so let’s see what the deal is. I do dehydrate […]

Main header image courtesy of Mountain Laurel Designs OK, for those of you who say – ‘You already posted this!’ – ‘I know’! It was last year but I’ve had a load of emails from people saying they heard I did a post on Cuben but cannot find it on this site, or on searches. […]

    I just saw this on Facebook. My mate David Lintern (Self Powered) has been at it again with his camera in the Cairngorms and in good company it would appear – Chris Townsend, Phil Turner, Terry Abraham (there with Chris filming on the Cairngorms Kickstarter Project, and Tanya Morgan. It’s shot on a […]