Here’s the results of a photo competition. Might be of interest to any of you who like mountains, and being on them, or just looking at others being on them. The UKC/UKH Mountain Photography Awards 2013. What I really love about these, is there are people in them.
I liked this one by Deltona/Nick Lukey ‘Lone runner on Stanage Edge’:
Lone runner on Stanage Edge © Deltona/Nick Lukey
But the winner is lovely too, and I have a soft spot for this location, Devil’s Ridge, as I was born just below it and have been along it more times than I care to remember. Gorgeous location. Home.
Heading for the Devil’s Ridge © Migsy
Author — John Macpherson
John MacPherson was born and lives in the Scottish Highlands. He trained as a welder in the Glasgow shipyards, before completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter, and then qualified as a Social Worker in Disability Services. Along the way he has cooked on canal barges, trained as an Alpine Ski Leader & worked as an Instructor for Skiers with disabilities, been a canoe instructor, and tutor of night classes in carpentry, stained glass design and manufacture, and archery. He has travelled extensively on various continents, undertaking solo trips by bicycle, or motorcycle. He has had narrow escapes from an ambush by terrorists, been hit by lightning, caught in an erupting volcano, trapped in a mobile home by a tornado, kidnapped by a dog's hairdresser, rammed by a basking shark and was once bitten by a wild otter. He has combined all this with professional photography, which he has practised for over 35 years. He teaches photography and acts as a photography guide & tutor in the UK and abroad. His biggest challenge is keeping his 30 year old Land Rover 110 on the road. He loves telling and hearing stories.