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Doctor’s Orders
Adventure travel, Nordic ski touring, Nordic Skiing, Norway 2025, Norway, Failure, Back country skiing, Kit Neil Pitts 3/30/25 Adventure travel, Nordic ski touring, Nordic Skiing, Norway 2025, Norway, Failure, Back country skiing, Kit Neil Pitts 3/30/25

Doctor’s Orders

In which Mrs P and I return to the UK. Doctor’s advice.

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Scuppered!
Nordic ski touring, Nordic Skiing, Back country skiing, Norway, Norway 2025, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 3/2/25 Nordic ski touring, Nordic Skiing, Back country skiing, Norway, Norway 2025, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 3/2/25

Scuppered!

In which Mrs P and I are scuppered

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What is the Opposite of a Resounding Success?
Back country skiing, Cross Country Skiing, Nordic ski touring, Nordic Skiing, Norway 2025, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 2/24/25 Back country skiing, Cross Country Skiing, Nordic ski touring, Nordic Skiing, Norway 2025, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 2/24/25

What is the Opposite of a Resounding Success?

In which Mrs P and I fail miserably to have fun.

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To The Start Line
Nordic Skiing, Norge pa Langs, Norway 2025, Norway preparation, Norway 2024, Back country skiing, Nordic ski touring, Hardangervidda Neil Pitts 2/19/25 Nordic Skiing, Norge pa Langs, Norway 2025, Norway preparation, Norway 2024, Back country skiing, Nordic ski touring, Hardangervidda Neil Pitts 2/19/25

To The Start Line

In which Mrs P and I head to the start line if our next big adventure

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Here We Go Again
Nordic Skiing, Norge pa Langs, Norway preparation, Norway, Norway 2025, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 2/12/25 Nordic Skiing, Norge pa Langs, Norway preparation, Norway, Norway 2025, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 2/12/25

Here We Go Again

16th February 2025 and Mrs P and I are off for a bit of a ski tour in Norway. 6 weeks and around 400 miles.

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Drowned Rats
Climbing, Spain2024, Spain, Altea, Campervan Neil Pitts 10/27/24 Climbing, Spain2024, Spain, Altea, Campervan Neil Pitts 10/27/24

Drowned Rats

In which Mrs P and I get wet

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Like a Scuff Kneed Urchin
Climbing, Rock Climbing, Costa Blanca, Spain, Spain 2024, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 10/25/24 Climbing, Rock Climbing, Costa Blanca, Spain, Spain 2024, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 10/25/24

Like a Scuff Kneed Urchin

In which I outline the sure signs of a good day.

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Climb on MacDuff!
Campervan Life, Costa Blanca, Spain, Spain 2024, rock climbing, Climbing, Sport Climbing Neil Pitts 10/24/24 Campervan Life, Costa Blanca, Spain, Spain 2024, rock climbing, Climbing, Sport Climbing Neil Pitts 10/24/24

Climb on MacDuff!

In which I try not to talk about climbing on a climbing holiday

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As long as the sky doesn’t fall on my head!
Spain, Spain October 2024, Rock Climbing, Sport Climbing, Costa Blanca Neil Pitts 10/18/24 Spain, Spain October 2024, Rock Climbing, Sport Climbing, Costa Blanca Neil Pitts 10/18/24

As long as the sky doesn’t fall on my head!

In which Mrs P and I head to Spain for a spot of much needed R&R (Rest and Rock climbing).

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It’s raining… mice?
Backpacking, Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Ax les thermes, Hiking, Mini adventures, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 8/9/24 Backpacking, Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Ax les thermes, Hiking, Mini adventures, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 8/9/24

It’s raining… mice?

In which a mouse falls on my head

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Rain Stops Play - Briefly
Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Backpacking, Hiking, Adventure travel, Mountains Neil Pitts 7/28/24 Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Backpacking, Hiking, Adventure travel, Mountains Neil Pitts 7/28/24

Rain Stops Play - Briefly

In which we spend a day horizontal and meet donkeys in the mist.

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What have we done!?
Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Backpacking, Hiking, Ax les thermes, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 7/26/24 Pyrenees 2024, Pyrenees, Backpacking, Hiking, Ax les thermes, Adventure travel Neil Pitts 7/26/24

What have we done!?

In which we wonder if we have bitten off more than we can chew.

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Define Adventure
France & Spain 2022, Mini adventures, Spain, Gandalf on Tour, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 11/2/22 France & Spain 2022, Mini adventures, Spain, Gandalf on Tour, Campervan Life Neil Pitts 11/2/22

Define Adventure

Even the pain of visiting an immensely expensive petrol station can be somewhat assuaged by the delightful café next door.

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Future adventures & current activities
Nordic Skiing, Norge pa Langs, Norway, Spain, The Camino Neil Pitts 8/23/22 Nordic Skiing, Norge pa Langs, Norway, Spain, The Camino Neil Pitts 8/23/22

Future adventures & current activities

Mrs P and I have been investigating an adventure for the future and I have been giving talks on my Norway trip

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Memories - This week in 2017 - Mrs P's Birthday climb
klettersteig, Via ferrata, switzerland, alps Neil Pitts 7/29/22 klettersteig, Via ferrata, switzerland, alps Neil Pitts 7/29/22

Memories - This week in 2017 - Mrs P's Birthday climb

Here’s a memory from 2017. A birthday Via Ferrata for Mrs P in Switzerland.

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The World is full of interesting people
writing Neil Pitts 7/11/22 writing Neil Pitts 7/11/22

The World is full of interesting people

The World is full of interesting people and I got to meet one such person this weekend. Akshay Nanavati describes himself as…

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The Six Golden Rules of Writing
writing, Norge pa Langs Neil Pitts 6/17/22 writing, Norge pa Langs Neil Pitts 6/17/22

The Six Golden Rules of Writing

I’m writing a book. But I told you that in my last blog, so nothing new there. But I thought you might be interested in the process.

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Return to Planet Earth
Norway, Nordic Skiing, Norge pa Langs Neil Pitts 4/16/22 Norway, Nordic Skiing, Norge pa Langs Neil Pitts 4/16/22

Return to Planet Earth

In Norway the sound of grouse is the most memorable and common sound I will remember. Otherwise it was the wind, the shoosh, shoosh of skis and the distant voice of Trond saying, “why do you ski so slowly with the pulk?”

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Here’s to a good night’s sleep
Norge pa Langs, Norway, Norway preparation, Equipment Neil Pitts 12/14/21 Norge pa Langs, Norway, Norway preparation, Equipment Neil Pitts 12/14/21

Here’s to a good night’s sleep

The following video shows the sleeping kit I will be carrying on our 4 month Norway ski trip, the Norge på Langs.

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Overcoming Barriers
Norge pa Langs, Norway, Norway preparation Neil Pitts 12/10/21 Norge pa Langs, Norway, Norway preparation Neil Pitts 12/10/21

Overcoming Barriers

A brief update explaining how the pack of cards nearly came tumbling down around our ears.

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