Jon Hancock"Bell says it reflects the Māori concept of kaitiakitanga, where, as guardians of the environment, we must protect it for future generations"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/new-zealand-hiking-trails-cleaning-remote-huts
Look, I'm not saying that some people are absolutely ungrateful gits, but some people are absolutely ungrateful gits.
#LakeDistrict #ScafellPike #Hiking #Outdoorsy #MountainRescue
This is terrific news. Experienced hillwalker or not, at 76 and with some atrocious weather hitting pretty challenging terrain I was fearing the worst when news of the search was first announced.
This looks like an excellent walk. One day I'll be recovered enough to put my boots on again and give it a go.
“Of course, back in the day they were kept a secret – some old documents I was going through have ‘confidential’ written across them. But people can’t keep secrets like this.”
No electricity, no toilet, no running water – heaven! Celebrating 60 years of the Mountain Bothies Association
They may be the most basic form of shelter imaginable, but for the author of The Book of the Bothy they embody the magic of staying in the wild, even on a wet weekend in the Lake District
Allyn (she/her) 🏳️🌈I’ve had my kayak for at least 7 years. I can’t keep water out from the channels now, which means I could harbor hitchhikers. So I have officially moved from Beach to Bay. First fold. #kayak #orukayak #assembly #outdoorsy
This is lovely to see. Hiking and rambling is a disproportionately white activity in the UK and many other places. When I worked in the USA as an outdoors activity instructor I spoke to black students about it and was told that "black people just don't do that stuff." Partly it was cultural, partly it was a sense of not being welcome.
No mention of whether the half-pint hound was carrying a miniature of brandy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/08/tiny-dog-saves-hiker-swiss-glacier-saas-fee
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