Reading
What I’ve been reading this week, 31 August 2019
My first set of weekly reads after a summer (hiking) hiatus. I am considering cutting back on or ending this series, or perhaps rolling it back into my weekly newsletter – any views? Long-distance hiking The haul road to Anaktuvuk: a bit of the Brooks range in Gates of the Arctic
What I’ve been reading this week, 13 July 2019
This will be my final set of weekly reads for a while, as I’m off to the Pyrenees for the rest of the summer. Enjoy! Long-distance hiking CDT first month – Inaki’s first month on the Continental Divide Trail. Outdoors Happy Birthday Thoreau—How The Life Lessons in Walden
What I’ve been reading this week, 5 July 2019
Quitting long-distance hiking, a thin skin over rock, editing as therapy, and it could always be worse… Outdoors DNF – Why I’ve quit long-distance hiking – Keith Foskett analyses a big change. Every now and again it’s time for something new in life. A wild camp on Braeriach – Chris heads
What I’ve been reading this week, 28 June 2019
It’s been another great week for online reads, on a variety of topics from Everest to haiku. Long-distance walking The case for hiking with a heavy pack – I agree with the conclusion of this piece and its general thrust, but I think the author is assuming a little too
What I’ve been reading this week, 21 June 2019
One consequence of staying away from Twitter is that my to-be-read queue of articles is a lot smaller, but I’ve still picked up a number of interesting reads this week (largely via good old RSS, which has a better signal-to-noise ratio than Twitter). Enjoy. Long-distance walking Hiking in Finland
What I’ve been reading this week, 14 June 2019
Women who walk or run solo, death and power in the Highlands, mental health and mountains, and the value of close observation… Long-distance walking TGO Challenge 2019: the gear – Chris Townsend’s summary of the gear he took on this year’s TGO Challenge – a few old favourites, and some
What I’ve been reading this week, 8 June 2019
It’s been an interesting week for online outdoor writing, skewed heavily by the UKWildCamp controversy – but I’ve picked up a few other nuggets on long-distance backpacking, mountaineering, environment and more. Outdoors Why are thru-hikers already in the High Sierra? – I follow a couple of PCT hashtags on Instagram,
What I’ve been reading this week, 31 May 2019
I seem to have read a lot of interesting things this week, so once again it’s a slightly longer entry. Enjoy. Long-distance backpacking Cape Wrath Trail trip report, southern half, May 2019 – Philip Werner hiked part of the CWT this month. Shame he had such a bad experience at
What I’ve been reading this week, 24 May 2019
Since there was no ‘reading’ post last week – I was away backpacking in the Highlands – I’ve included a few extra links tonight. Enjoy! Backpacking and the outdoors The Helvellyn and Fairfield Horseshoe via Striding Edge – Mark and Edita take on a classic hillwalking circuit in the Lake District. Blown
What I’ve been reading this week, 10 May 2019
Sustainable tourism, walking for mental health, the 40th TGO Challenge, section hiking the CWT, and editing as therapy. Environment Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth’s natural life – the most important story of the century. High in the Swiss Alps, tourism is wreaking environmental havoc – taking a