Nominations are now open for this year's Martin Moran Foundation programme. Know a 16-18 year old who has an aptitude for the outdoors but barriers to getting involved? This is a great way to get them started. martinmoranfoundation.co.uk/application-pr…

Spent a long time learning about climate impacts, coastal communities, shellfish + shellfish farmers, with many brilliant people and the brilliant Kara Shaw. You can read about some of it in the latest edition of BC Studies Journal. Message if you want a copy! ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcst…

I interviewed Toby 'The Terminator' Roberts and dad Tristian for The Guardian ahead of his Olympic debut in Paris. “It’s a balance between ‘I’m at the Olympics!’ and ‘I’m just here to climb’” + 'enlightening' figs and his 'pretty disappointing' first pint. theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr…

Having a bad day and then someone reaches out to me from Colorado, telling me their book club is reading TIME ON ROCK and would I like to join their club and suddenly the world feels a little nicer again. Its so nice to hear from readers!!

Jasmin Paris should be on the Shortlist for BBC Sports Personality of the Year - Sign the Petition! chng.it/P6MtmKvj via Change.org UK

A misty moody damp day in the hills, taking a rock for a walk

📢 PhD opportunity! Nour Halabi & I are looking for a PhD student to work with University of Aberdeen on the project The Arts of Belonging: Migration, Environment and Well-Being. This is a fully funded PhD scholarship. Creative research proposals welcome. Please RT! findaphd.com/phds/project/t…

Daisy knows its all about quality time...

Daisy, spending some 'Time on Rock' Anna Fleming

Writer / reader Twitter! I'm looking for some good writing on climate... any recommendations? Who is doing interesting things in this area?

Very excited to be part of this anthology of women's travel writing. It will be great to see the range of voices and perspectives that come out... my own piece is on Mont Blanc with a feminine twist. I can't wait to share it! 🏔️

Why write? Female non-fiction authors are paid less and receive lower advances, our earnings having fallen 16.6% over last 5 years, with the gender pay gap now at 35.7%
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A stunning day for a winter climb on Ben Nevis. There was sunshine and showers, mist and magic as we ascended the spectacular frozen architecture of Tower Ridge.

The 2024 Barkley Marathons finishers. I love this photo, highlighting what a phenomenal achievement it is for Jasmin Paris - the first woman to complete since the race began in 1986. LEGEND! 🔥 #bm100 #smalleuropeanwoman

She only went and did it! GET IN JASMIN!! 🔥🔥 History was made today by Jasmin Paris a fellow Edinburgh resident and first woman to complete the Barkley Marathons! #smalleuropeanwoman #BM100

A good news story on the power of female sporting role models for girls! 💪
Bend it like Beckham did it for me as a teen. Who was yours?

YES Jasmine! Come ON!! #smalleuropeanwoman #BM100
(That's my Friday lost to the armchair pursuit of the Barkley Marathons. It's what Lazarus would have wanted.)

Fantastic #Cairngorms2030 PHD scholarship opportunity with ⁦The University of Edinburgh⁩ ⁦UHI⁩ ⁦Cairngorms National Park⁩

Just & Sustainable Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Behaviour Change in the Cairngorms National Park 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/ju…

📍 Leonardo UK, Edinburgh

For 3 hours and counting trade unionists have been blockading entrances to this site, which produces components for the F-35 stealth combat aircraft used by Israel in its bombardment of Gaza.

If you are in / near Edinburgh, please join the picket! ✊