The Great Outdoors

Why we need the outdoor spirit

HE LAST MOUNTAIN I climbed was called El Cielo - which Google tells me translates as ‘Heaven’. It was a mile-high Spanish peak, which rises with startling abruptness from the shores of the Mediterranean. My girlfriend and I set off in the morning from near the coast, climbing through shady pine forests and then

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