What I’m up to now

Updated 28 July 2021

Work

Writing

• A new book about lightweight camping and long-distance hiking (Vertebrate Publishing). This is due in at the end of August, and the draft is well underway.
• Pre-orders for The Farthest Shore are now open! You can get 20% off by ordering direct from the publisher’s website.

Editing

• I’m working with long-term Pinnacle Editorial client Mark Horrell on a new book about Himalayan mountaineering.
• Early work has begun on Sidetracked Vol. 22. If you’d like to submit a pitch for consideration, please see this link.
• Copy-editing a new book project with gestalten. This one’s nearly finished now.

Gear reviews

• I’m on TGO magazine’s 2021 gear-reviewing team. Over the coming months I will be testing a range of items including GPS watches, waterproof jackets, and down jackets. Next up is down jackets.

Reading for pleasure

• Ask an Adventurer by Alastair Humphreys.

Outdoors

• I am continuing my daily dawn walks in the local countryside. This is a habit I started in 2017.
• I’ve started to plan a big mountain project for the post-COVID world. Watch this space.