• About Sophie’s blog

    The story of a girl who swapped the office and the 'real world' for a life of adventures in the world's high wild places. Mountain Girl is passionate about the vertical wilderness, backcountry skiing, mountaineering, hiking, road biking, rock climbing, and ice climbing. This is a story of challenges and fears faced with a smile, of dizzying highs and confidence crushing lows, a humbling exploration into a hostile environment, and one girl's quest to transform herself from 'follower' to 'leader' in the mountains.

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    Mountain girl blog: Life and death in the mountains

    Over the past couple of years pretty much everything that has punctuated my life has been in some way connected to the mountains. Solace, healing, inspiration, travel, laughter, adventure, friendships, work, and even love have all exploded as a result of my decision to pursue a life less horizontal. This world has given me so much and I feel utterly blessed to have had so many wonderful experiences in such a short period of time.

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    Mountain girl blog: Layering made simple

    With temperatures plummeting in the UK and the mountains of the Alps being relentlessly pounded with fresh snow on a daily basis, the chances are some of you may be thinking of digging out the old winter kit for a wee ski, walk or ice climb at some point in the near future. And because [...]

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    Mountain girl blog: Powder with the pros

    As if life wasn’t already good enough with all this sunshine and powder snow in the Alps, last week the gods of winter dealt me an incredibly special card. A fortuitous meeting on the piste led to an invitation to go riding in the off piste with some of the best skiers in the valley – the [...]

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    Mountain girl blog: Morning above the mist

    You know how it is, the alarm clock goes and you don’t hear it. And then it goes again and somewhere in the deep recesses of your mind, a connection is made.It’s time to get up. When my incredibly annoying alarm went off yesterday I had every intention of going skiing, was anticipating a bluebird [...]

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    • About Sophie’s blog

      The story of a girl who swapped the office and the 'real world' for a life of adventures in the world's high wild places. Mountain Girl is passionate about the vertical wilderness, backcountry skiing, mountaineering, hiking, road biking, rock climbing, and ice climbing. This is a story of challenges and fears faced with a smile, of dizzying highs and confidence crushing lows, a humbling exploration into a hostile environment, and one girl's quest to transform herself from 'follower' to 'leader' in the mountains.

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