Ash Routen
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Ash Routen
@ashrouten.com
🧭 Adventure Journalist at ExplorersWeb
🗺️ Fellow of RGS
✍️ Bylines in Nat Geo UK, The Guardian, Sidetracked, Outside
🔬Research Fellow in Public Health, PhD

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Video #1 from packrafting in Assynt last week. A stony beachside camp with the hulking mass of Suilven looming in the background. I’d spent a few hours making very slow progress through a headwind and whitecaps to this point, so the calmer evening was a welcome respite.
October 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Take me back ❤️

Finnish Lapland, March 2025
May 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
On our recent Lake Inari ski expedition, morning snowfall often gave way to brilliant sunshine and ethereal light that is typical of the far north. Here’s just one example of a superb camp on this frozen gem in Finnish Lapland.
March 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM