

Have you ever hiked in a Winter storm?
“It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a magnificient activity, I firmly believed, not in spite of the inherent perils, but precisely because of them.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air I sit here, in Aviemore, with a coffee and a winter view to rival any mountain environment in the world - An entire world, away from home in London. Nearly 10cm of snow has fallen in the past couple of hours