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The future Munroists

Summiting the Munros is a life-long mission for many hillwalkers. So, at The Great Outdoors we are particularly inspired by the young people embracing the ups and downs of this ultimate Scottish mountain challenge. When Stuart McMillan tweet about his eight-year-old daughter, Iona, and her passion for the outdoors, we had to learn more. Here, Stuart tells us why he “feels so lucky” to have a hillwalking buddy in the family.

Parenting, like hillwalking,

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