Scottish Mountaineer – Mountains, gear, the good things in life

Lets face it: socks are dull, really dull. No-one talks about socks, they're just not a conversation topic of choice ...

If you're a regular here, you'll know that the Vaude Power Lizard is one of my favourite tents. It's light and spacious, ...

I've been using this tent for ages, it's long overdue for a write up. This is the MSR Freelite 1. The Freelite is ...

I hate zips on rucksacks, I really do. They fail. Every rucksack I've had with a zip closure has seen it fail within 12 ...

It's been a while, but we all know why so let's just barrel on with it shall we? What better way to get back in the sadd ...

A boy does not become a man until he buries his father, or so the saying goes. So it was that I become a man on the ...

The girls were off to Brownie camp and I was in possession of a rare jewel which is seldom seen around these parts: a fr ...

There's probably not much of winter left if this week is anything to go by, but the snow will be around for a while, so ...

Here's something interesting, a new manufacturer for these pages and it's a British one too. Crikey. This is the Dann ...

The previous week I'd played a blinder. There had been no snow and no view, but I was on form, knocked ten minutes off m ...