Month March 2026

One of the things I enjoy the most when I’m out hiking are the sections of trail that require you to do a bit of actual climbing. Compared with flatter trails, which feel like going for a walk in the forest, those sections fill me with a sense of adventure. The thing is, they don’t need to be particularly difficult to be fun; you can have a route which, by climbing standards, is pretty easy, but the fact that it’s too steep to simply walk up, and you’re out in nature rather than at a climbing gym, makes it feel … Read the rest