John D Burns

Outside in: Fantastic Female Adventurers

The world of outdoor pursuits is heavily male dominated. Fantastic Female Adventures is a book for children that aims to break down the [...]

On this episode John talks to award winning poet, novelist and climber Helen Mort about her inspiration for getting out into the outdoors [...]

A short reading from Adam Watson‘s memoir It’s a Fine Day for the Hill The book reflects a period just after WWII in [...]

Here’s a part of Mark Horrell‘s book Feet and Wheels on Chimborazo Feet and Wheels to Chimborazo Romel roped us together and led [...]

Mark Horrell talks about his climb of Chimborazo the highest mountain in Ecuador at over 20,500 ft. Mark’s book tells the story of [...]

Here’s a section from Andy Kirkpatrick’s book Unknown Pleasures. You can buy the book with 30% off by clicking here. [...]

In this episode I’ll be talking about lockdown gut which I have decided is a thing. I’ll also be talking about Aleister Crowley, [...]

Here’s a 1 minute video I made chatting to my friend over Skype. Delighted to say my blog has been nominated as one [...]

On this episode I’ll be talking about Mark Horrell’s book in which he describes his amazing feat of climbing Everest. All the more [...]

In this podcast from the Highlands of Scotland I’ll be reading a poem by Byron on the mountain Lochnagar. I’ll also be talking [...]