mountaineering
Like many people I know, I have become obsessed with going outdoors and climbing mountains, regardless of the weather.
All Scottish Mountains above 3000 feet (914 metres) are called "Munros". There are 284 of these, and it is many people's aim, including my own, to climb all of them. There are already over 2000 people who have succeeded to do this, including some who have done them several times over!
I have climbed 126 since I started in 1996. You can see a chronological list of the munros I have climbed, including some statistics (just in case you're interested!). And NEW: I've started writing some trip reports (retrospectively) of the days I was up them mountains.
Among other climbing, I was part of a school expedition in 1998, to climb various Vie Ferrata in the Dolomites, Italy. In 1999 I visited Iceland, and climbed a couple of peaks whilst there.
As an undergraduate I was, sadly, less able to get to the mountains, as Cambridge is rather flat. Moving to St Andrews was meant to fix that in part, although I've still not had time to do as much as I might have liked. I've organised a few group and individual trips in the past (particularly when I was president of Christ's College Rock and Mountain Society), but I tended to go back to areas I knew so I could suggest good routes.
In September 2002, I was awarded a Donald Robertson Travel Grant from Cambridge to embark on an extended camping/walking and climbing trip to Knoydart, North West Scotland. My report is available here.
All Scottish Mountains above 3000 feet (914 metres) are called "Munros". There are 284 of these, and it is many people's aim, including my own, to climb all of them. There are already over 2000 people who have succeeded to do this, including some who have done them several times over!
I have climbed 126 since I started in 1996. You can see a chronological list of the munros I have climbed, including some statistics (just in case you're interested!). And NEW: I've started writing some trip reports (retrospectively) of the days I was up them mountains.
Among other climbing, I was part of a school expedition in 1998, to climb various Vie Ferrata in the Dolomites, Italy. In 1999 I visited Iceland, and climbed a couple of peaks whilst there.
As an undergraduate I was, sadly, less able to get to the mountains, as Cambridge is rather flat. Moving to St Andrews was meant to fix that in part, although I've still not had time to do as much as I might have liked. I've organised a few group and individual trips in the past (particularly when I was president of Christ's College Rock and Mountain Society), but I tended to go back to areas I knew so I could suggest good routes.
In September 2002, I was awarded a Donald Robertson Travel Grant from Cambridge to embark on an extended camping/walking and climbing trip to Knoydart, North West Scotland. My report is available here.
