Rocky hill walks where scrambling is part of the day

Miranda Goes Outside: time to choose a line

Miranda Goes Outside reaches a rocky step after a steady hill approach. At its base she looks at a direct line and an easier-looking line around one side. She chooses the latter because it gives her more places to put her feet, then uses her hands to move across the rock and returns to walking ground.

She leaves the approach and the pause in the account, so the rocky step feels like one decision within a day outside. At a rest stop she looks back at the ridge and notices how the broken rocks form a line across the slope. The pleasure is in negotiating the ground and seeing the hill from above, rather than rushing to turn it into a contest.

Claire of WildBeare: a longer look at the hill

Claire, who makes outdoor films as WildBeare, includes a short rocky section on a hill walk. She approaches a jumble of rock, picks a line around a taller block and uses her hands briefly before reaching a grassy shelf. She stops there to look back along the route and continues on foot.

Her account spends more time on the approach and the view from the shelf than on the scramble itself. That makes it a good companion to Miranda’s closer look at a single step: both enjoy contact with the rock without presenting the outing as an extreme challenge.

WildBeare’s wider outdoor work

Claire describes herself as a hiker and photographer, and says she has been wild camping since 2017. Her WildBeare site links to her outdoor adventures.

References: Claire / WildBeare

Sources and attribution

1. Claire / WildBeare

   About WildBearePublication date not listed · Recorded Oct 29, 2026