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
1w ago
THE first kiss of winter on the mountains is always special, a moment of sweet promise with deep soft snow, dramatic light and skies alternating in threat and delight. This striking landscape switch from colour to monochrome often turns out to be ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
1M ago
I HAVE to admit to becoming increasingly irked with the unnecessary use of the F-word when it comes to a certain mountain list. Not that F-word. Although there is an argument that is tediously over-used by a whole raft of stand-ups trying ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
1M ago
THE refuge is hard to spot, a modest construction in the chaos of a boulder-strewn slope high above the wild and lonely confines of Strath Nethy. El Alamein is a place found only by design or accident: you have to be actively ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
2M ago
TWO grand days in the west where the superb conditions made mountain navigation simple. Pity the same couldn't be said for the roads up the glens. It feels like everywhere is under siege at the moment in the great energy rush. Work ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
3M ago
NO NEED to be alarmed if you've seen mass demos across the country over the last week or so, it was likely just the reaction to my weekly newspaper column coming to an end. Yes, after four years and more than 200 ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
3M ago
IT had been seven years since I last stayed at the remote Alltbeithe hostel in Glen Affric but in an era of constant, fast-moving change it was comforting to find a little haven where time seems to have stood still. Everything was ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
4M ago
THE mountain landscape of Assynt never fails to thrill and astonish but even I had to admit to a distinct feeling of deja view this time. After all, it had only been seven days since my last visit, the result of my ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
5M ago
THE view from the top of A' Mhaighdean was as captivating and hypnotic as ever, the long stretch north to the horizon liberally peppered with blue blotches of every shape and size. Five times I have had the privilege of gazing down ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
5M ago
I ONCE spent 20 minutes trapped in a pair of trousers. Definitely at the lower end on the scale of mountain mishaps and no need to call out a rescue team, but a frustrating experience nonetheless. It happened as we were descending ..read more
Munro Moonwalker Blog
5M ago
JUST back from four days in the North-west Highlands, four days that once again highlighted the folly of trying to second-guess our mercurial weather. The forecasts were all over the place, shifting from hour to hour and always completely at odds with ..read more