Scott Kinabalu Ultra Rc review Official webpage of SCOTT for Kinabalu Ultra RC says: The SCOTT Kinabalu Ultra RC is our go-to shoe for ultras and long training miles away from the big mountains. A combination of
'Windy' colour scale of wind for Paragliding Windy is a great application for weather forecast. Sadly the default heatmap colour coding for wind strength is borderline useless for paragliding, because the scale has too low of a resolution for non-
Run For Love 5 First times are always special. First kiss, first tattoo, first multi-stage race. They don't have to be good or bad, they are just special. And exactly that was my first multi-
Petzl Bindi battery life Good friend of mine recently replaced her Petzl Bindi headtorch, because the battery gave up and was not able to provide required time of illumination. So I decided to let mine undergo an
Magic Pass places as GPX Swiss love their passes that unlock a cheap access to places in nature. And I love having a good overview by having said places displayed in a mapping app of my choice. For
Hardergrat ridge If you Google the "ridge hike in Switzerland", you're going to find, in the top 10, maybe even top 3 Brienzergrat also known as Hardergrat ridge. Internet content starts with amazing drone
Duntelchaig - Drum I never climbed a trad multi-pitch before. And one has to start somewhere, right? So why not at the most annoying multi-pitch trad climb ever? The drive to the parking spot
Sgùrr Mòr Every Scottish hike that starts too easy will inevitably surprise you. An attempt to summit Sgùrr Mòr is one of those. The quick and mostly flat start of the hike goes
Moy Rock Most popular sport climbing area around Inverness. Very short access. Well climbed, but some of the routes in the shadows are covered in moss. South facing conglomerate crag that has come of age
Pinnacle Crag Closest trad climbing area from Inverness. Very short access. No gardening required. Small crag. Only 10m high but with 15 routes. Nice looking bit of rock. Great for trad beginners in the Inverness-
Ben Chonzie For Hogmanay 2020 we tried to summit Ben Chonzie from the Loch Turret reservoir. Unfortunately, we underestimated what seemed like a mild winter and had to bail off 2km from the summit because
An Teallach In Scotland there are a lot of positive stories about An Teallach. Beautiful views, bold scrambles, Michellin-like stone towers. And I'm happy to report that we've got all of that.
Ben Lomond Ben Lomond holds two records: It is the most popular Munro. And geographically speaking it's the most South one. The usual way to get to the start of Ben Lomond via car
Loch Ness 360° as a three day hike Loch Ness 360° refers to a loop that joins Great Glen Way and The South Loch Ness Trail into one epic loop around the famous Lake Ness. There are plenty of ways to
Jabra Elite Active 65t Video review of wireless sports headphones from Jabra. 2 ~months of daily and very intense usage in various use-cases: running cycling video conferencing listening to podcasts The pros Way cheaper than their
Salomon Ring of Steall Skyrace An epic adventure in the Scottish Mamores. For a long time Spelga Skyline was the top running competition when it came to toughness and physical challenge for me. But I think I can
Salomon Mamores VK A vertical kilometre is a very niche type of sport for a very special kind of people. When I was "shopping" for competitions at the beginning of 2019 season, I entered the Salomon
Suunto 9 FusedTrack A brief comparison of the measurement precision of the different battery saving modes provided by in Suunto 9. There is an excellent description of battery modes on the Suunto website The tl;dr
Thieves Road Race 2019 Report from my first proper ultra. This brand new 40 miler was originally planned for a date I could not join, but due to unusual stormy weather forecast, it got postponed by two
Tromsø skyrace - Tromsdalstinden Amazing views & heavy legs. Everyone is talking about the beautiful landscapes around Norway and some are whole-heartedly whispering about the (sky)races there. So I thought it would be a good