Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Notes
Ethics etc
Geology
Hill people
Lake District
Literature
Mountaineering
Poetry
Rannoch Moor
RT fiction
Scotland
Archive
About
Hill people
Mysteries of our personalities
Boardman-Tasker part 2: Pete Boardman
Sep 4
•
Ronald Turnbull
13
Share this post
Mysteries of our personalities
aboutmountains.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
1
Adventures in the Alpine Style
Boardman and Tasker Part 1: Joe Tasker [1400 words, 6 mins
Aug 28
•
Ronald Turnbull
16
Share this post
Adventures in the Alpine Style
aboutmountains.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
2
Ladies in the Alps
Climbing mountains in the 1820s: an obviously masculine activity? Well, maybe not… [1600 words 7min
Aug 7
•
Ronald Turnbull
16
Share this post
Ladies in the Alps
aboutmountains.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
4
Otley the Clock
and the first ascent of Sharp Edge on Blencathra [1200 words 5 mins
Jun 26
•
Ronald Turnbull
11
Share this post
Otley the Clock
aboutmountains.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
2
Aleister Crowley, magus and mountaineer
A brief round-up on the most evil man to ever climb Kanchenjunga [1300 words, 6 mins
May 8
•
Ronald Turnbull
7
Share this post
Aleister Crowley, magus and mountaineer
aboutmountains.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
1
John Muir's 1000-mile walk to Florida
John Muir walks across the eastern USA in 1867 [1800 words 8 mins
Apr 10
•
Ronald Turnbull
8
Share this post
John Muir's 1000-mile walk to Florida
aboutmountains.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
6
My neighbour Joseph Thomson explores the Atlas
Joseph Thomson, stonemason’s son from Dumfriesshire, was the fourth most famous African explorer, and the earliest European adventurer in the Atlas…
Feb 14
•
Ronald Turnbull
4
Share this post
My neighbour Joseph Thomson explores the Atlas
aboutmountains.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
3
Ladies of Lakeland
Not all of the first fellwalkers were beardie blokes. Let’s celebrate Dorothy, co-inventor of English Romanticism; her friend Mary; Mary’s maid Agnes…
Jan 17
•
Ronald Turnbull
4
Share this post
Ladies of Lakeland
aboutmountains.substack.com
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
6
Share
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts