Classic Scramble - A Beinn Eighe Link-up
Starting with a remote and exciting slab, and finishing with an airy ridge, a scrambling circuit of Beinn Eighe's eastern end takes some beating, reckons Dan Bailey.
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History at a Height - Mountain Petroglyphs in Guyana
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Interview Chris the Coast Walker - 11,000 Miles Round Britain
Between July 2020 and March 2022 Chris Howard spent most days on his feet, walking more than 11,000 miles around the coastline of Great Britain. From sandy beaches to concrete promenades, industrial wastelands to remote clifftops, what...
Destination Hillwalking in Wild West Texas
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Mountain Air 5. Sarah Douglas on Solo Summits and Camping Cockups
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Mountain Air 3. Keri Wallace on Girls in the Hills
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Mountain Literature Classics: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Told first in a book, and later a movie, the story will be familiar - the hiker trapped in a nightmare scenario, who severs his own arm and lives to hike another day. But what went through his mind on the way to that extremity? And was he alway...
Mountain Literature Classics: 1996 Everest Disaster Trilogy
The 1996 Everest season saw the worst loss of life on the mountain to that date, as large guided parties were caught in a storm at extreme altitude. Three bestselling books were written by survivors, Into Thin Air, The Climb, and Left for...
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