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John King

@KingGuiding

Summer & Winter Mountain Leader running King Mountaineering. @SUPERDTP1 PhD student with @ERI_UHI researching dissolved organic carbon in #peatlands.

 Scotland
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Joined January 2014
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Good to make the trip up the road for the Flow Country Conference this week. Lots of interesting presentations, posters & workshops, with the obligatory visit to Forsinard along the way #FlowCountry #PeatTwitter @ERI_UHI
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EYW@EdYoungWalkers27 Feb 2024
An amazing two day winter skills course with @KingGuiding at the weekend - great to practice and consolidate what we learned and even included a walk up Ben Macdui! – at Galashiels, Scotland
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A few highlights from 2023, another year with lots of great days out in the mountains. Cheers to everyone I’ve been in the hills with this year. Happy new year when it comes & all the best for 2024!
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Achness, Gairloch & Torridon in some superb winter weather this weekend
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Pretty perfect late autumn weather this weekend, 1 day of work, 1 day not, both great. Winter access in Glen Strathfarrar went very smoothly (even if it is a very questionable set-up) & nice to explore some new ground on one of my most visited hills. Ptarmigan all over the place.
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A big day yesterday but Knoydart at it’s very best visiting the three #Munros on the peninsula from Barrisdale #Knoydart
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Not tweeted in a while but as it's #BogDay I thought I'd mark the occasion & share a few photos from my July fieldwork around some of the #peatland pools of the #FlowCountry. Feel lucky to spend so much of my time in these places & good to introduce the hound to them too #bogdog.
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There were some good guiding days in the north & northwest in April. Some highlights: 1. Beinn Alligin with Alan 2. Seana Bhraigh from the North 3. Ben Klibreck when winter returned 4. Meallan Liath Coire Mhic Dhughaill with Valerie #Munros #Corbetts #WesterRoss #Sutherland
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Also Fisherfield! A great first wild camping trip of the year for me leading with Catherine, Amanda & Jude. We got a wee bit of everything weather-wise and just about the view from A'Mhaighdean once again. #Fisherfield #Munros #WesterRoss
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Stunning conditions for fieldwork to start the week in the #FlowCountry completing 12 months of data collection at this site. Nice to see some fresh buds on the bog myrtle & impressive temps in the shallow pools! Still wasn’t tempted to go for a swim though #blanketbog @ERI_UHI
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Leading on a bike & hike to Seana Bhraigh from Oykel Bridge yesterday. Surprisingly nice weather for it & great views of the hill, particularly of Creag an Duine. #Munros
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Conival & Ben More Assynt in some stunning conditions yesterday with some enjoyable scrambling on the southeast ridges of both hills. Great views from the Cuillin to Clisham to Caithness. #Munros #Assynt
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Also a hardy wee tree (birch?) on the southeast ridge of Conival, not quite at the 650m line, more like 610m but a bit of an outlier in these parts. Highest tree north of Ullapool!? @Watts_SH
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Leading on the South Glen Shiel Ridge over the weekend. A great pair of days with a bit of a wintery feel & some pretty good views all the way #Munros #Kintail
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A great weekend just past leading a winter skills course for @hillgoers. Snow conditions were lean but there was still plenty to work with to cover the full range of skills for winter hillwalking while enjoying some magic views along the way! #Cairngorms #WinterSkills
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Four from my last hill of the year the other day on Beinn an Eoin. A great hillwalk to round out the year with super views of Stac Pollaidh, Suilven & Sgurr an Fhidhleir. Happy new year when it comes! #Assynt #Coigach
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Winter solstice views at Forsinard. Even after a few days of thaw the pools are resolutely frozen. #Forsinard #FlowCountry #Sutherland
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A wade up Canisp to look at the view of Suilven. Cul Mor had been the plan but too much snow to park! #Assynt #Sutherland
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#InternationalMountainDay, not a bad day for it in the Scottish Highlands! #Munros
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Nice to get a wee mention & appear in a few photos from some top winter days last season in @davidjlintern’s most recent article on @walkhighlands. Definitely a worthwhile read about the highs and lows of the winter hills & good advice on how to stay safer this season.
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