Field notes · 6 min
The case for walking slowly
Why our guides plan for fewer kilometres and longer lunches — and what the group always says afterwards.
Ines Ferreira · 2 October 2026
Sheet 04 · Field notes
Notes from the field
The journal.
Guides write here, mostly in winter. Weather, kit, route notes, and the occasional argument about whether a bothy counts as luxury.
Featured · Field notes · 11 min
The last light in Patagonia, and the argument we had about it
Two guides, one ridge, and a difference of opinion on when a view is worth a detour. A note on judgement, guiding, and the cost of a photograph.
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Tomas Berg
12 October 2026
12 October 2026
Aconcagua, 14:32 · 16 March 2026
6 entries
Essays · 9 min
Forty nights above the treeline
What a season of high camps taught us about packing light, sleeping badly, and eating well.
Tomas Berg · 18 September 2026
Guides · 4 min
Packing for four seasons in one week
Layers, dry bags, and the one item our head of expeditions never brings.
Jonas Lind · 5 September 2026
Field notes · 7 min
A quiet week on the Kumano Kodo
Shrine gates, cedar roots, and a ryokan owner who insisted we stay for one more bath.
Amara Okoye · 21 August 2026
Guides · 5 min
Reading weather like a guide
Cloud shapes, wind shifts, and the three signs that mean turn around now.
Tomas Berg · 9 August 2026
Photography · 8 min
Colour in the empty places
How to photograph a landscape without flattening it — and when to put the camera down.
Guest essay · 30 July 2026
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The field letter
One dispatch a month. No noise.
Routes before they're public, weather notes, and the odd bad poem from the van.
Thank you — look for the next letter on the first of the month.