Outdoors

A selected index of articles and resources on various subjects related to the great outdoors.

Gear lists

• Alps fastpacking traverse, 2022
• Haute Route Pyrenees 2019
• Winter Cape Wrath Trail, 2019
• Mercantour Traverse, 2018
• Norway, 2017 (my first ever ultralight-ish trip, 200-mile Jotunheimstien)
• Scotland, 2017
• Pyrenees, 2016
• Scotland, 2016 (West Highland Way, Alder Trail, Skye Trail)
• Tour of Monte Rosa, 2015
• The Cape Wrath Trail, 2015

Skills

Lightweight backpacking

• Lightweight backpacking in the Scottish Highlands: a mini-guide
• Lightweight backpacking for beginners

Navigation

• How to use digital navigation safely
• Planning off-path routes
• Modernise your Navigation

Photography

• Outdoor and adventure photography tips
• Photography on the Trail

Winter skills

• Snowshoes in Scotland: more than a novelty
• Staying safe in early-winter mountain conditions

Scotland

Long-distance trails

• Cape Wrath Trail index
• Backpacking the West Highland Way
• Backpacking the Alder Trail
• Backpacking the Skye Trail

Winter mountaineering

• Attitudes and Altitude: Tranter's Round
• The Lochaber Traverse
• A Cairngorms Learning Curve
• Snowshoes on Bynack More
• Windslab Wall
• A Blizzard on Ben Nevis
• The Ascent of the Pinnacle Face
• Aonach Beag and Ben Nevis, Alpine-style

Alps

Pyrenees

Scandinavia

England and Wales