A beautiful day on the Cairngorm plateau.

Ben Venue and Loch Katrine at the weekend.
Cold and bright with signs of spring ✨️

Contemplating the lake, saying goodbye to Pokhara after an eventful month of field research with Nepali mountain women. So much to reflect on, many astonishing insights and nature-rich experiences in the Himalaya. Soon to turn the pen & capture this world for its brief brilliant moment

Meanwhile here in Nepal, the rhodedenron is coming into bloom. Red flowers are scattered like kisses along the Himalayan forest path

"How can we make a world? If it is ours to dismantle, it is ours to make."
Kathleen Jamie, Cairn.
Haunted by these meditations on who we are and where we've got to and what the way ahead might be

Fabulous spread in The Great Outdoors Magazine, featuring my photos and article about the Cholita Climbers of Bolivia. It was amazing to meet these women and grasp their remarkable story of change and empowerment through the mountains.

In my Shadows & Reflections for Caught by the River, I write about grief and high-altitude climbing, charting the wild inner & outer landscapes. The piece is a tribute to my friend Rebecca Collins who died very suddenly last year.
www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/01/shad...

Mid-Wales in mid winter. A day of sunshine and snow showers, with changing light and glorious skies.

A drippy misty snow day in mid Wales with fingers of ice forming around twigs, figs and lichens. Love this enchanting weird weathered nature

Reading the excellent Other Everests by @jonwestaway.bsky.social & others. A fantastic & much-needed critical re-evaluation of Everest/Chomolungma, with gender and decolonisation at its core.

In the latest issue of The Great Outdoors magazine, I wrote about climbing with my heroes, the revolutionary Cholita Climbers in Bolivia.
www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/latest-issue...