One and a half ascents of Ben Hope, Scotland’s most northerly Munro

January 26, 2022 Trip reports arkle, ben hope, ben klibreck, britain, cameron mcneish, foinaven, hamish brown, hill walking, munros, north coast 500, scotland 6 Comments

One and a half ascents of Ben Hope, Scotland’s most northerly Munro

Sir Hugh Munro said of Ben Hope that he didn’t know any mountain of its height which could be climbed with less exertion. Surely a quick ascent on Christmas Day would be just the thing before our Christmas turkey? Ben Hope had other ideas.

10 great books about mountains that have nothing to do with climbing

September 11, 2019 Reviews and tributes boardman tasker prize, chris stewart, dervla murphy, eric newby, hamish brown, larrie ferreiro, michael jacobs, mountain literature, nan shepherd, nature writing, nicholas crane, robert macfarlane, tony hawks, william dalrymple 7 Comments

10 great books about mountains that have nothing to do with climbing

The shortlist for this year’s Boardman Tasker Prize was announced this month, and once again five out of six books on the shortlist are about climbing. You can be certain that the winner will be one of the five. [*]