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AT 992m/3,255ft the highest point on the Cuillin, Sgurr Alasdair would be beyond the abilities of non-scrambling hillwalkers were it not for the peak’s most distinctive feature, the Great Stone Chute, ...

In 1996, I competed in the second Eco-Challenge, an adventure race founded and recently revived by Mark Burnett. We felt energized struggling over glaciers and swimming against the current in an icy ...