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John D Burns

Outdoor author and speaker.

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  • Climbing in Yosemite: A Memoir – Dennis Gray | Podcast

  • Martyn Howe: The Coast is Our Compass | Podcast

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  • Fort William Mountain Festival | Podcast

Climbing in Yosemite: A Memoir – Dennis Gray | Podcast
Martyn Howe: The Coast is Our Compass | Podcast

The most serious walk in Britain?

March 30, 2013John D Burns 10
I realise I must have lapsed into unconsciousness as the icy downwash from the rescue helicopter, hovering above, brings me round. Peering through [...]

How to get cheaper gear – Legally

March 26, 2013johndburns 6
It’s not that I don’t trust technology it’s just that most of the time I don’t understand it.  It’s the pace of change [...]

I think I’m Turning Black and White

March 20, 2013johndburns
I was out today in the frozen Cairngorms today and took some photos in black and white and in colour. I’m beginning to enjoy the [...]

The demise of the mountain bothy

March 19, 2013John D Burns 38
There is something special in the stillness of a winter’s night, when frost renders the burns silent and dusts the grass with transient [...]

LM Bothy -Audio Cast

March 15, 2013John D Burns 4
Chicken soup, why you shouldn’t burn down a bothy and the wonders of coal.  All hot suff as I visit another remote Highland bothy [...]

LM Bothy -Audio Cast

March 15, 2013johndburns
Chicken soup, why you shouldn’t burn down a bothy and the wonders of coal.  All hot suff as I visit another remote Highland bothy [...]

Hey dude, pimp my bothy!

March 10, 2013johndburns 15
Looking down through the ice that masks the surface of the river Kingie I marvel at the clarity of the water.  I can [...]

Kinbreack Bothy – Audio blog

March 2, 2013John D Burns 2
My latest audio podcast.  a virtual walk into Kinbreack Bothy http://johndburns.podomatic.com/player/web/2013-03-02T01_06_49-08_00 [...]

Exploding Ice

February 24, 2013johndburns 14
I’m afraid there’s no way round it.  I’m going to have to tell you, and you, dear reader, are just going to have [...]

Flesh and Fire

February 9, 2013johndburns
A challenge was laid down and, as ever, I couldn’t resist it.  Here is a little 15 min audio version of my blog [...]

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John D. Burns has spent over forty years among the mountains of the Scottish Highlands. He is an author and public speaker. His books tell of his adventures in this iconic landscape and have become classics for those who love wild places.
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  • Climbing in Yosemite: A Memoir – Dennis Gray | Podcast
  • Martyn Howe: The Coast is Our Compass | Podcast
  • Matt Heason: Wild Rock | Podcast
  • Neil Ansell – The Edge of Silence | Podcast
  • Fort William Mountain Festival | Podcast

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