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Get outdoors on Christmas Day: 3 great adventures

Traditionally a time for gift giving, feasting, watching TV and staying indoors, Christmas can also […]

Walk across Scotland: 2 days and a Corbett

There is a narrowing of the Scottish mainland above Inverness. It means that it’s possible […]

New hills list: Harper100

A keen walker, H J Harper, has come up with a list of Scottish hills […]

Book review: We Can’t Run Away From this

Ultra runner Damian Hall has written the book We Can’t Run Away From This, which […]

9 things I learned: A weekend with a group of veteran Munro baggers

I recently enjoyed a weekend at a hostel near Aviemore in the company of some […]

Runner Pawel Cymbalista sets FKT for East Highland Way

Ultra runner Pawel Cymbalista has set his fourth Fastest Known Time (FKT) on Scotland’s long-distance […]

A year on: David revisits the mountain accident scene

On the first anniversary of my friend David’s devastating fall in the Strathfarrar mountains, we […]

Hazel Strachan compleats Munro rounds 11 & 12

Munro bagging record-holder Hazel Strachan has pulled off another remarkable feat – compleating two Munro […]

Mark Beaumont’s new NC500 record: It was tough

World record-breaking cyclist Mark Beaumont has set a new record for the North Coast 500. […]

Sabrina Verjee wins Tor des Géants 2022 in record time

British ultra runner Sabrina Verjee has described her record-breaking win at the Tor Des Géants […]

Scott McQuade swims Loch Lomond end-to-end twice

A swimmer is thought to be the first to swim the length of Loch Lomond […]

Anna Taylor completes non-stop Mountain Rock tour

Climber Anna Taylor has completed what is believed to be the first continuous, self-powered round […]