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Reeks District: Ireland’s Adventure Playground with Jessie Leong

‘How do you pronounce Carrauntoohil?’ ‘Karen-toole’ replied Piaras, mountain guide from Kerry Climbing. ‘It means inverted sickle, a serrated knife-edge. Just look at the ridge behind you.’
December 03, 2018

Reeks District: Ireland’s Adventure Playground with Jessie Leong

‘How do you pronounce Carrauntoohil?’ ‘Karen-toole’ replied Piaras, mountain guide from Kerry Climbing. ‘It means…

Outdoor Guides

Ease your way into wild camping

Ask an American about wild camping and the chances are they'll tell you all about pulling up next to a lake in their 40ft RV and surviving with just a…
May 21, 2014

Ease your way into wild camping

Ask an American about wild camping and the chances are they'll tell you all about…
May 12, 2026

A Beginner’s Guide to Wild Camping

Wild camping has a particular appeal because it strips things back to literal basics. There’s no reception block, no neat row of pitches and no hum of other people’s evenings just beyond the hedge.
August 08, 2022

A journey of meaning

In a little over three weeks, I’ll be stood on a railway platform in Cheshire waiting for a train and the start of an 8000km adventure. Over the following 18…
July 20, 2020

Wild camping - a fight or flight dilemma

Over the last couple of months there's been countless column inches in the mainstream media devoted to "wild camping", and none of it has been good.
December 22, 2019

Skin Up to and Ski Off the Cairngorm

For a while now I have wanted to ski tour, finally I managed to get the gear together to be able to! So I headed for the Cairngorm, I had…
August 15, 2019

Albert and being Sustainable.

What connects a tiny patch of snow in Scotland to a Blackpool pub and landslides in the Alps? Henry Iddon pulls the threads together in a guest Editorial on sustainability.
July 17, 2019

The post-industrial landscapes of Snowdonia's slate industry are being re-imagined as a leisure resource

For a period of over 150 years the landscape of Snowdonia, and particularly the western side from Bethesda to Blaenau Ffestiniog was dominated by a brutal, industrial, visage of dark…
December 03, 2018

Reeks District: Ireland’s Adventure Playground with Jessie Leong

‘How do you pronounce Carrauntoohil?’ ‘Karen-toole’ replied Piaras, mountain guide from Kerry Climbing. ‘It means inverted sickle, a serrated knife-edge. Just look at the ridge behind you.’
Jessie Leong

Jessie Leong

Jessie on the AllalinhornJessie Leong - Photojournalist

Jessie is a regular contributor to My Outdoors from the snowfields of Iceland to a first 4000m alpine summit. 

Monday, 22 December 2025 14:51

Rab Latok Alpine Gore-tex Pro Jacket

Rab Latok - A durable,  waterproof winter jacket that combines excellent protection from the harsh element, along with  classic design  aesthetic and breathability  for all-day comfort.

The Berghaus Mtn Guide - a technical mountaineering and ice climbing pack that seamlessly blends durability alongside appealing, functional design to keep the brutal weather out. 

The best glacier glasses  combine excellent protection from the harsh light, along with durable and classic aesthetic for all day comfort.

The Eagle Creek Cargo hauler is the bag you wished was almost THE *perfect* travel holdall bag.

Tested by Jessie Leong just below 4000m in the Fann Mountains of Tajikistan, the Rab Ionosphere 5.5 sleeping mat proved to be a reliable mat for alpine through hiking and mountaineering adventures.

The reasons why you might want to get a Salewa ice screw are mainly for convenience, quickness and having something that integrates the protection and the quickdraw in one, with a holder that doesn’t expose the sharp end of the ice screw and potentially wreck all your nice expensive winter climbing clothes.

What would it be like to travel across from one side of Switzerland and reach a conference a few days later, rolling into the end destination on a foot and on e-bike?

The Dolomite Women's Crodarossa Hi GTX approach shoes are aimed at use on technical steep ground – but how would they fare being tested on boggy approaches and climbing on rocky slabs?

Thursday, 24 March 2022 08:31

Exped Serac 35l pack tested and reviewed

Carrying a laptop, a climbing rack, a DSLR camera, spare layers, and my lunch – just some of the things that has seen my EXPED 35L Serac bag get used and abused in the past few months.

‘I’m coming up… so you better get this party started….’ Combining paragliding, sea kayaking, high ropes and a breathtaking cable car and train ride to the Eiger as part of Jessie Leong's unexpected journey through Interlaken, in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland

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