Bookman Plaster Award announces new rules for mountaineering books following recent controversies

September 27, 2023 Humour book awards, climbing records, conrad bartelski, false summit claims, first ascents, mountain literature 14 Comments

The trustees of the world’s most prestigious mountain book award have announced updated rules for entries following new research alleging that hundreds of historical mountaineering books have been published without reaching the true end of the story.

My 2007 Knoydart diary: a winter backpacking trip that didn’t quite go to plan

September 13, 2023 Trip reports backpacking, britain, hill walking, knoydart, luinne bheinn, munros, scotland, travel diaries 1 Comment

My visit to Knoydart with Edita that I wrote about in my previous post, was so different from my first visit in 2007 that I could have been walking in a different world. I thought I would dig it out my diary of that first trip for a laugh, so here it is.