3rd November 2023
Book review: The Mountain Leader – A Practical Manual by Mike Raine
This manual to becoming a Mountain Leader tackles topics others shy away from, commends reviewer Kirsty Pallas.
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Outdoor book reviews
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6th October 2023
Book review – High Caucasus: A mountain quest in Russia’s haunted hinterland
Roger Butler reviews a memoir of an epic and risky 1000-mile walk through the High Caucasus by Tom Parfitt.
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30th August 2023
Book review: British Mountaineers by Faye Latham
British Mountaineers by Faye Latham is outdoor writing unlike anything you've seen before. Francesca Donovan reviews.
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26th June 2023
Book Review – In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors by Rachel Hewitt
Rachel Hewitt's part-memoir, part-history book is essential reading on women outdoors. Francesca Donovan reviews.
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28th April 2023
Book review: Dartmoor Walking and Camping by Tim Gent
“The moor takes hold on the imagination and remains in the thoughts. The magic is done. This is a place where experiences stick.”
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1st February 2023
Book review: Scene and Unseen by Sidney Scroggie
Our contributing editor David Lintern remains moved by Scene and Unseen, Sidney Scroggie's revived 1989 post-war Scottish hill memoir.
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31st January 2023
Book review: The Path of Peace by Anthony Seldon
Megan Carmichael reviews The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way by Anthony Seldon.
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31st January 2023
Book review: SOLO by Jenny Tough
Alex Roddie reviews SOLO by Jenny Tough, an adventure athlete who traversed six mountain ranges on six continents.
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10th December 2019
Review: Diagonal Walking by Nick Corble
Roger Butler reviews Diagonal Walking by Nick Corble (Matador, £12.99) Twenty years ago, with a trademark umbrella sticking out of the back of his pack, Nick Crane walked from Berwick-upon-Tweed to the Dorset coast as he closely followed the line of longitude known as…
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10th December 2019
Review: Another Peak by Alex Staniforth
Alex Roddie reviews Another Peak by Alex Staniforth (Trigger Publishing, £9.99) Everest was Alex Staniforth’s dream, but that dream died when the earthquake struck Nepal in 2015, ending his summit attempt. Another Peak picks up events after Everest, and is all about “how…
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8th October 2019
Review: Mountains of the Moon: Lunar Nights on Scotland’s High Peaks by Alan Rowan
Alex Roddie reviews another cracking book about nocturnal adventures in Scotland’s mountains by ‘Moonwalker’ Alan Rowan.
