As the climber Mo Anthoine used to say, sometimes you have to feed the rat. After a winter indoors editing podcast episodes about other people’s adventures, Mountain host Christopher Sleight heads to the Cairngorms for a full-on winter’s day.
Music
See Through Walls and Reversable by Anitek. Jig of Slurs – Dublin Reel – Merry Blacksmith – The Mountain Road by Sláinte.
Credits
Thanks to Dan Bailey, Emma Atkinson, Alex Berry, Huw Williams and Anna McQuarrie.
Links for this episode
- Dan Bailey’s book is Scotland’s Mountain Ridges.
- An interview with Doug Scott on his 1975 ascent of Everest
- Wikipedia entry on Mo Anthoine.