scotland – Page 12 – John D Burns

Flesh and Fire

A challenge was laid down and, as ever, I couldn’t resist it. Here is a little 15 min audio version of my blog [...]

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 [...]

I posted this on the UKClimbing website and thought you might enjoy it Mountain climbing is such fun I think I’ll do it [...]

It finally happened, after over thirty years on the hills, an enforced bivi! I think I’m pushing back the frontiers of incompetence now. [...]

Last weekend I was alone in the Scottish mountains. At one point I was high on a narrow ridge of windblown snow with [...]

Every now and again life just goes pear shaped. It happens on a fairly regular basis for me and I’ve no reason to [...]

I’ve been looking at a lot of geo-porn recently. In moments of weakness I’ve been fantasising about what it would be like to [...]

I have a theory. It may be a bit crackpot but at the end of this little blog I’m sure you’ll agree that [...]

“Those things,” said my mate Dave, pointing at a rather nice armchair covered in a blue flowery material, “kill people.” I’ve always been [...]