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Route guides, campsite fixes and safety basics from trails Robert Griffin has actually hiked. Distances, climbs and the bits nobody mentions.
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Ultimate guide to hiking Scottish Highlands
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Level
- Moderate–hard
- Read
- 9 min
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Robert Griffin
I plan routes, carry the gear and come back with notes: what the climb really felt like, which tent stake bent, where the water ran out. Every guide here starts on a trail, not in a spreadsheet.
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