The lower slopes of Stob a'Choire Mheadhoin, leading up from Fersit were horrendous. I waded through bogs and standing water for what seemed like hours after doing the full traverse of the Easain ridge from Loch Ossian. Someone I met described the nearby Chno Dearg as the 'boggiest munro'.

Here's another few good ones: Dirtbag: the legend of Fred Beckey (a fascinating documentary about a climbing pioneer who was still climbing into his 90s) Cerro Torre: A snowball's chance in hell (occasionally self-critical account of David Lama's free climb of Cerro Torre) High and Hallowed: Everest...

Stunning, thanks for sharing. I've always wanted to do this kind of thing but the Lukla flight just looks too much. There may be another way, possibly involving biking though.

I just use a football boot bag. I got a Paris Saint Germain branded child size boot bag for about a fiver and it works OK, although it's a bit big. There's a carry handle which can be useful if there's not enough room in the sack. I have considered getting a proper crampon bag but they're way too ex...

Looking at the weather forecast, there looks to be just one single good day over the whole Christmas period, on Christmas Eve. Every other day is going to be claggy, windy, drizzly rubbish. So the one good day was the ideal opportunity to climb the Lakeland's finest mountain of all, Scafell, taking ...

One of my favourite mountains in the area. It's slightly lower than the Oberrothorn but more technical due to the glacier crossing. Also, there are no cable car shortcuts (good!)

Yes I know what you mean about Black Combe and Caw. There's also Iron Crag (Ennerdale Fell) which is hard to miss and dominates the South side of the valley. It only gets a brief mention in the chapter for (Ennderdale) Caw Fell. Sometimes I think Wainwright included the rubbish hills like Mungriseda...

Sometimes while climbing you look at another hill and think "one day I'd like to climb that". I can't say I've ever felt this way about High Tove. I've been doing quite a bit of walking on the other Borrowdale fells lately and often found myself looking at High Tove and wondering what on e...

Part of my regular Sunday morning run. I usually tun back at the end of the beach but sometimes extend along the cliffs. Going all the way to Marsden Grotto and back is half marathon distance from my house.

Time to tackle this bunch of Wainwrights in the Honister/Newlands area. For once, I'd managed to pick the exact right days to go walking. The day before it was blowing 70 mph winds with zero visibility :lol: I started from Keswick, which meant a long walk along roads and part of the Cumbria Way rout...

You did well to avoid the direttissima ascent of Eagle crag. I climbed these two after High Raise then descended down the end of the ridge without really thinking. It's probably a grade 1 scramble on the way up, but descending with a backpack was a bit dicey. Route shown: https://farm2.staticflickr....

Nice photos, especially the Honister ones. The weather was indeed fantastic on the 14th and 15th (a day earlier there were 70 mph winds and rain). I walked from Keswick to Honister via the Newlands ridge, Robinson and Dale Head, then walked back the next day via High Spy. Will be heading back there ...

An incredible piece of music, and one of my frequent 'earworms' when out on the hills:

Susanne Sundfør - Mountaineers (featuring John Grant)

https://youtu.be/7D3_TDB4zzA

I did try building a cairn on Whoap :roll: . There's some rocks near the col with Lank Rigg and I ferried a few up to the summit of Whoap but not enough to form a proper cairn. Poor Whoap is mostly devoid of distinguishing features and it's not a Wainwright. There is (or was) a little monument to a ...

My old stomping ground. I'm afraid I am responsible for the cairn on Blakely. Previously there was just a big rock and an iron fence post. I starting carrying a couple of rocks up with me every time I climbed it. After a while, others had clearly taken the initiative and started adding more stones, ...