2013 – The Year of the Lycra
As 2012 drew to a close I knew that something had to change and in order to step forward enthusiastically into the New Year, I needed to know that I would be achieving something outdoors in 2013.
Legends and Loss
The loss of Remy Lecluse and Greg Costa on Mt. Manaslu was a deep wound to the mountaineering world.
Guts and Goals
Pointe Percee may not be the highest or most challenging mountain in the French Alps, but she is no less special or spectacular.
Ladies Who Launch
Over the past six months I have become increasingly aware that being a girl who likes to play in the mountains puts you in a relatively small club.
Lucky Trolls
Our own Mountain Girl, Sophie Nicolson, visits Iceland and gets to spend some quality time with her legendary dad.
Life and Death in the Mountains
Over the past couple of years pretty much everything that has punctuated my life has been in some way connected to the mountains.
F.E.A.R.
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?
Compare and Contrast
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.
Through the square window
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.
