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4th July 2019
“With positive anguish the men below followed this crazy struggle between the two guides and the mountain. They watched in absolute silence, and with desperate anxiety, only too aware of their own powerlessness to help.”
2nd July 2019
Noel Dawson reviews a biography of a man who is much more than just his Everest accomplishment
20th June 2019
Sam Lewis reviews a book about mountains, life, loss, and cancer
20th June 2019
"Our varied landscapes with vast forests, thousands of lakes, magnificent islands, and the stark but beautiful treeless fells of Lapland are made for hiking. Finnish Lapland is the best place in Europe to see and experience the natural…
11th June 2019
Vivienne Crow’s field guide to walks in the Eden Valley area, first published in 2011, was recently released as a second edition.
28th May 2019
Roger Smith reviews a 'modern epic' by Robert Macfarlane.
7th May 2019
Roger Smith reviews a book that praises silence in the great outdoors.
2nd May 2019
“This was my first experience of mountain hunger and I hated it. I stuffed my face with a peculiar dinner of chorizo wraps, and peanut butter on Hobnobs.”
30th April 2019
Chris Townsend reviews a book about rewilding that urges readers to think like a mountain.
25th April 2019
“Embrace the challenge of the unknown… for in that lies some of the romance, the appeal, and the very essence of adventure.”
15th April 2019
Chiara Bullen reviews The Unlikeliest Backpacker by Kathryn Barnes: "I barely turned a page without chuckling"
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