Today was supposed to be about packing for a winter glamping trip, aka what you need to take to survive in an uninsulated tin can in December but then this video popped up in my YouTube subscriptions today. It features Iceland and specifically Meradalir and you know I can’t resist commenting on that kind of… More Tom Scott goes to Meradalir
On Thursday, I left you at the foot of Fan Brycheiniog, after having climbed to the summit and then descended the sharp ridge and walked down the mountain that way. It was getting dark by the time we got back to the car and pretty properly dark by the time we were driving back to… More I decided not to climb a mountain in Wales!
At the weekend I went to Wales for a Region level 3 walking weekend. In our part of the country, landscapes that fit the Remote criteria are a bit harder to get at than they might be for people who live further north, so when we do a level 3 walking weekend, it’s usually in… More I climbed a mountain in Wales
Nearly two weeks ago, Iceland’s new eruption started (I wrote a blog about it last week) and half the country flocked to see it. I don’t blame them, I’d be among them if not for the plague. But a similar eruption happened in 1973, the birth of the volcano Eldfell, and things worked out very… More Eldfell: the people who fought a volcano
Back in 2014, I finally did something I’d been wanting to do for a while. Given the lack of English-language information, putting it all together and figuring out how to do it was a bit tricky and so let me save you all that. This is how to climb Esja. Esja is Reykjavik’s mountain. If… More How to climb Esja
Back in the summer of 2014, I rented a car and based myself in and around Borgarnes, on Iceland’s west coast and spent one of the days driving around Snæfellsnes. You can do it in a day but I find it’s such a long way and there are so many things to stop for that by… More The Volcano Adventures: Climbing Saxhóll
I’ve climbed a few mountains in my time. Small ones, easy ones, sometimes only halfway up and always slowly. Sir Edmund Hillary I am not. Climbing Laki was entirely unlike any mountain I’ve ever climbed before. Laki is a volcano. That’s not what makes it unusual. Actually, it’s not “a volcano” in the traditional sense.… More The day I climbed Iceland’s deadliest volcano
In a week’s time I’ll be halfway through my 2017 trip to Edinburgh and Tom wants to go up Arthur’s Seat so let’s go back to my 2015 climb. Right in the heart of Edinburgh is a volcano. It’s an extinct volcano and it manifests itself in two places – Castle Rock and Arthur’s Seat. Castle Rock… More The Volcano Adventures: Arthur’s Seat
The first mountain I ever climbed was the Talkaser. It’s not huge and I still only got halfway up but here’s the story of my first mountain. My parents – no, let’s be frank – my mum likes to go to Austria for her summer holiday every year. Once upon a time, we could vary it… More My First Mountain: The Talkaser