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Sophie

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Sophie Nicholson is a freelance adventure sports and travel journalist from Scotland who is now living in the outdoor playground that is the French Alps. She has written regular adventure columns and features for leading websites and publications including Adventure Travel Magazine, Homeboy Ski, Trek and Mountain, and Adventure Sports Holidays. She’s also a regular columnist for Sportsister, a UK female specific publication/website.

Lucky Trolls

Lucky Trolls

By Sophie on May 16, 2012

Our own Mountain Girl, Sophie Nicolson, visits Iceland and gets to spend some quality time with her legendary dad.

Posted in Mountain Girl | Tagged Mountain Girl, skiing, Snow Stories, Travel | Leave a response

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Life and Death in the Mountains

By Sophie on March 26, 2012

Over the past couple of years pretty much everything that has punctuated my life has been in some way connected to the mountains.

Posted in Mountain Girl | Tagged Climbing, Mountain Girl, Reader Stories, Snow Stories | Leave a response

Photo credit: D Sharon Pruitt

F.E.A.R.

By Sophie on February 27, 2012

How do we identify whether the adrenaline in our veins is telling us to ‘just do it’, or whether it is pushing our lives towards a rather messy and/or premature conclusion?

Posted in Mountain Girl | Tagged Mountain Girl, Sophie Nicholson | 1 Response

Compare and Contrast

Compare and Contrast

By Sophie on January 23, 2012

I want to be better than I am at the things that I love. And the only way to do that is to get out amongst it more often.

Posted in Mountain Girl | Tagged Mountain Girl, Sophie Nicholson | 7 Responses

Through the square window

Through the square window

By Sophie on November 28, 2011

Boxes. From the moment we are conceived, people start trying to squeeze our group of 3 cells and half a fingernail into a box that they are happy with.

Posted in Mountain Girl | Tagged Mountain Girl, Snow Stories, Sophie Nicholson | 6 Responses

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