LM Bothy -Audio Cast March 15, 2013John D Burns 4 Chicken soup, why you shouldn’t burn down a bothy and the wonders of coal. All hot suff as I visit another remote Highland bothy [...]
LM Bothy -Audio Cast March 15, 2013johndburns Chicken soup, why you shouldn’t burn down a bothy and the wonders of coal. All hot suff as I visit another remote Highland bothy [...]
Hey dude, pimp my bothy! March 10, 2013johndburns 15 Looking down through the ice that masks the surface of the river Kingie I marvel at the clarity of the water. I can [...]
Exploding Ice February 24, 2013johndburns 14 I’m afraid there’s no way round it. I’m going to have to tell you, and you, dear reader, are just going to have [...]
Flesh and Fire February 9, 2013johndburns A challenge was laid down and, as ever, I couldn’t resist it. Here is a little 15 min audio version of my blog [...]
Of Lochs and Snow February 5, 2013johndburns There is one activity us mountaineers don’t talk about much. It gives us such joy that we’re afraid that if we let the [...]
A night in Two Hat Bothy January 28, 2013johndburns I’m late, an hour late arriving on the ridge that overlooks Bearnais bothy. An hour shouldn’t matter much, but this hour does because [...]
Protest about Cairns January 20, 2013johndburns I posted this on the UKClimbing website and thought you might enjoy it Mountain climbing is such fun I think I’ll do it [...]
I’m so excited – I’ve been benighted! January 17, 2013johndburns It finally happened, after over thirty years on the hills, an enforced bivi! I think I’m pushing back the frontiers of incompetence now. [...]
Lunch at Corrimony January 15, 2013johndburns I took my primus stove for a walk last Sunday, the weather forecast having dramatically changed for the worse and ruling out the [...]