The Chi Ma Wan Peninsula is one of the wildest and most beautiful parts of Hong Kong and it offers the highest concentration of quality...

The weather in Norway looked poor, France looked better, but Scotland turned out best. That was about the long and the short of it. ...

Sunset Crack was one of the first recorded rock climbs in Hong Kong. It is a climbers line, cleaving through Kowloon Peak past...

This year’s trip was pretty much the same as last year’s. Great routes, excellent food and awesome team, albeit without the visit a...

We have all found our ways into climbing and mountaineering. Some through clubs or organized groups, some through friends and some...

Back in Asia for the past few weeks, it has been a lot of work and travel, some hiking and climbing. The temperature has stayed up and...

Growing up we were mostly led to believe that Mecca was in the East. I am not sure I know why this mattered and clearly its location...

With that the autumn trip is over. In total 13 new crags, 50 plus routes and a nice new picture for my wall. We didn't climb many hard...

I had been nervous boarding the plane in Hong Kong. Mainly because it had been a long summer and I had fallen into the trap of 'not...

Have been back home in Scotland for the past week. Always such a strange mix of things - family, friends, past and future. That said, I...

I started climbing just as wild country friends were coming onto the scene. Being young and mostly terrified, I was keen to adopt new...

Having spent many years living in Asia, I had never been to Korea. It has just never come up through work, but it was still surprising,...

Hong Kong's summer weather can be a challenge for getting outdoors. It's either too hot, too wet, too stormy, or all of these. ...

Some combination of full-time career, sweet tooth, lack of focus and general lack of talent has meant that I have been an on and off...

I have owned a rope or two in my time and without wanting to do a trip down memory lane, we all started on double 9mm 45-50m in Scotland....