Munro Moonwalker Blog
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Welcome to the website for the mountaineer, author, journalist, and occasional film star Alan Rowan. Alan has climbed the Munros three times and in 2019 completed a Full House - Munros, Munro Tops, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds, and Furths (the 3000-foot peaks in England, Ireland, and Wales).
Munro Moonwalker Blog
1M ago
THE bright red door is a familiar landmark to those walking over the high pass of Jock's Road from Glen Doll to Braemar. It's also a reassuring presence in the midst of this beautifully bleak high terrain, the entrance to the emergency ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
1M ago
THERE was a time when I was able to tackle big mountain rounds with just a few minutes sleep during a 36-hour period. Those excursions meant a midnight finish at work, a drive to the hills and then a circuit of multiple ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
3M ago
WHITE peaks and radiant copper slopes under a flawless blue, an alluring cocktail for two hills that had location, location, location written all over them. Perfect winter days are few and far between so it made sense to shrug off any leftover ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
5M ago
WE were snaking our way up the customary Skye scree path to Sgurr nan Eag when our guide Gerry Ackroyd suddenly came to an abrupt halt. He was studying the ground carefully. Something was bothering him. One rock in particular had caught ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
5M ago
THE sunrise burned through the twilight to bathe the Cairngorms in beautiful fiery reds but it quickly proved to be filled with false promise. Within minutes it had fizzled out and flattened, a damp squib, the following skies anaemic and the sun ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
6M ago
THERE'S a sharp distinction between a mountaineer who takes photographs and a photographer who climbs mountains. I belong in the former camp: my objective is always the mountain and if I happen to snap a few good pictures along the way then ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
6M ago
FAILURE can often be the springboard to greater success and that was certainly the case on my first encounter with Creag Meagaidh. It was one of the early night forays when winter had not long packed its bags and spring seemed still ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
7M ago
HERE'S one for the algebraists. If a woman walks 18,241 kilometres and summits 2,248 hills, then how many caramel wafers does she eat during that time? Anne Butler knows the answer, but that shouldn't come as a surprise. For Anne has just ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
8M ago
STANDING in the absolute grey at the summit, being blasted by the wind and soaked by the constant driven drizzle, visibility limited to a circumference of a few feet. It felt wonderful. I'm not saying these are my favourite conditions. Far from ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
8M ago
THE view was as captivating and dramatic as always, the castellated skyline of An Teallach sparkling as the merest wisps of mist drifted playfully around the plunging faces. Taken from the summit of Bidein a' Ghlas Thuill, the highest point on this ..read more