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Winter Colour: unmachining the mountains through the medium of photography
The lessons the mountains teach us, proving the reality of the human soul beyond the Machine, and an anchor of experience through photography
Jan 20
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Alex Roddie
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Return to Mythago Wood
’All things are known, but most things are forgotten. It takes a special magic to remember them.’
Jan 11
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Alex Roddie
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The stars that nobody else sees
Very rarely, the mountain spectre reaches down to touch the mortal world. The result is wonder and revelation.
Nov 30, 2025
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Alex Roddie
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Experiments in deconvergence: the Mudita Kompakt e-ink smartphone fails in the Cairngorms
A field review of the minimalist e-ink smartphone that couldn’t.
Oct 12, 2025
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Alex Roddie
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Alpenglow inspirations: iPhone photography in the Alps
Making the best of a flawed – but valid – photographic tool
Jul 29, 2025
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Alex Roddie
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Experiments in deconvergence: it starts with a wristwatch and notepad
Simple first steps towards radically changing your life. Less time looking down, more time looking up.
Jul 4, 2025
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Alex Roddie
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Experiments in deconvergence: Is the cyborg mountaineer still an artist?
More than a century ago, George Mallory wrote that adventure qualifies as art. Is that still true today?
Jun 19, 2025
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Alex Roddie
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Closer to the true heart of things
At a remote bothy deep in the Scottish Highlands, I meet a remarkable character on a lifelong quest – perhaps someone everyone in the world of adventure…
Jun 3, 2025
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Alex Roddie
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Freezeframe – one last journey into the Cairngorms before the world changed
Five years ago, with the first Covid lockdown imminent and a perfect forecast, I decided to seize the opportunity to complete a long-dreamed-of…
Apr 1, 2025
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Alex Roddie
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Looking for a rural sense of place in dead week
What makes a place a place, what happens when we lose it, and can we get it back?
Dec 31, 2024
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Alex Roddie
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Something in the darkness to believe in
A moment that exists outside of time, a crucible of community in the mountains, and new human perspectives on moral dilemmas
Nov 29, 2024
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Alex Roddie
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