The life of John Cleare, the great mountain photographer, as told in comments

December 24, 2024 Reviews and tributes bill tilman, chris bonington, chu yin-hua, everest, frank smythe, george mallory, joe brown, john cleare, knoydart, ladhar bheinn, machapuchare, mountain literature, mountain photography, muztag ata, obituaries, tenzing norgay, tony smythe 3 Comments

The life of John Cleare, the great mountain photographer, as told in comments

I was sad to learn of the death of legendary photographer John Cleare in October this year. He was one of the best known and most respected climbing and mountaineering photographers of the last 50 years. Much to my surprise, he was a reader of this blog for over 10 years.

Bothies, boats and backpacks: climbing the Knoydart Three Munros

August 30, 2023 Trip reports backpacking, boat trips, bothy nights, britain, hill walking, knoydart, ladhar bheinn, luinne bheinn, munro bagging, munros, scotland 4 Comments

Bothies, boats and backpacks: climbing the Knoydart Three Munros

Sixteen years ago, I set out on a 5-day winter backpacking trip to climb three Munros in Knoydart, a remote peninsula in northwest Scotland. It turned into an epic that I was lucky to survive. Earlier this year, unexpectedly, I found myself with a chance to make amends.