Chris Thompson @christhompsonex.bsky.social Fellow of Royal Geographical Society, wanders into places most people don't.
Photographer and ultra runner.
Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
Rob Goss @robgoss.bsky.social Author. Writer. In Japan, from Devon.
Features, travel writing and books (LP, Nat Geo, etc).
Haiku & haibun. Short-form tinkering.
Latest book: Another Japan (Gestalten 2026)
www.robgosswriter.com
Jonathan Chatwin @jmchatwin.bsky.social Non-fiction writer.
Writes about travel, China, sometimes both simultaneously.
‘The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China’s Future’ (2024).
‘Long Peace Street: A walk in modern China’ (2019)
‘Anywhere Out of the World’ (2012)
Ankit Babu Adhikari @ankitbabuadhikari.bsky.social Author of SHERPA | Musician | Works at UN-WFP
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Tom Fay @tom-fay.bsky.social • British outdoors and travel writer based in rural Kyoto/Otaru, #Japan
• Mostly into mountains, minka (traditional Japanese houses) and photography
• Guidebooks for Lonely Planet, Fodor’s Travel, Bradt, Cicerone ✍🏻
www.thomasfay.com
Stanfords Travel @stanfordstravel.bsky.social The world's largest independent Map and Travel Bookshop. In love with adventure, since 1853.
GEO Mountains @geomountains.bsky.social We are the Global Network for Observations & Information in Mountain Environments (GEO Mountains). We connect research institutions and mountain observation networks to improve the quality, accessibility, and use of mountain data worldwide.
Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures @futuremountain.bsky.social Podcast https://mountainstoriesmountainfutures.buzzsprout.com/
Web https://msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
Curated
@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social
@jonwestaway.bsky.social
@profpitches.bsky.social
#MountainHums #MountainHist #EnvHums #EnvHist
Alan Arnette @alanarnette.bsky.social Alan Arnette is a climbing coach, speaker, author, Alzheimer's advocate. Outside Magazine called him "one of the world’s most respected chroniclers of Everest." He summited Mt. Everest, Manaslu, and K2 at 58, making him the 18th and oldest American male.
Pradeep Bashyal @pdpbasyal.bsky.social BBC Journalist and Author of 'SHERPA'
Simon Usborne @susborne.bsky.social Journalist, London. Features for The Guardian, Sunday Times, Financial Times, Telegraph Magazine etc. susborne.com
TechCrunch @techcrunch.com Technology news and analysis with a focus on founders and startup teams.
Got a tip? http://techcrunch.com/tips
Steph Gray @lesteph.com Digital, woodworking and eco dad living (repair cafe, EV, solar, heat pump) in south London. Work-wise now: still celebrating Railway200, mapping the world in 1776 and troubleshooting tech/supplier/team issues. https://stephgray.com/now
Sketchplanations @sketchplanations.bsky.social Explaining the world one sketch at a time, i.e. very slowly, but steadily. By Jono Hey
All the things: sketchplanations.com
Himal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social Southasia’s magazine of politics and culture. Get our newsletters in your inbox: bit.ly/HimalNewsletters
Jay Owens @jayowens.bsky.social I’m Head of Audience at @lrb.co.uk and I wrote a book, ‘Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles’ (2023). I post about media and environment in approximately equal parts.
🔗 https://JayOwens.me
Terrain Bias @terrainbias.substack.com A mountaineering blog with distorted elevation
Vertebrate Publishing @vertebratepub.bsky.social Sheffield publisher, inspiring adventure one book at a time. Cycling, running, climbing, walking and occasionally swimming adventures.
Julie Coldwell @livingtlol.bsky.social An English lakes dweller. Into long distance solo cycle touring. Walking, photography and writing. Currently working on regaining good health! 🚴♀️🏕️
https://livingthislifeoutloudblog.wordpress.com/
Instagram.com/livingthislifeoutloud
Christopher Goddard @chrisgoddardmap.bsky.social Cartographer, writer, artist, long distance walker, DJ, fell runner
Sarah K. Ryan @sarah-ryan.bsky.social Travel writer, captivated by mountains.
Joanna Croston @2steep.bsky.social Director - Banff Mountain Film & Book Festival
👉 author
👉 skier, climber, cyclist, canoeist
👉 all things mountain
📖 Mountaineering Women available now from a bookstore near you!
Katie Ives @katie-r-ives.bsky.social Mountain writer and editor, follower of the art of galumphing, climber against fascism. Author of Imaginary Peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams. (she/they)
Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social Author, historian, cyclist, hiker, occasional climber, idiot adventurer with unrealistic goals and expectations.
The Great Outdoors @tgomagazine.bsky.social Making the Outdoors Great for over 40 years, we are Britain's original outdoor magazine. Skills & routes advice, long form stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things & the most experienced gear team in Britain. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/40fvlTG
Andrew Terrill @andrewterrill.bsky.social A suburban London boy who found his true home in the world's wild places. Author of 'The Earth Beneath My Feet' and 'On Sacred Ground'. https://andrewterrill.com/
Caroline Harrap @carolineharrap.bsky.social Freelance journalist and editor in Paris | Bylines @ France Today, Bonjour Paris, Euronews, BBC Travel, The Guardian etc. | Co-director @ Society of Freelance Journalists | www.carolineharrap.com
Outside Magazine @outsidemag.bsky.social News, award-winning long reads, daily glimpses into the world of outdoor adventure.
Auriane Meilland @aurianemeilland.bsky.social Doctor in climate and development economics, and UN cooperation (at CIRED, AgroParisTech) - Policy Specialist on Climate and Biodiversity at UNDP Nepal
Founded Jeunes Ambassadeurs pour le Climat http://jac-asso.fr
Views are my own
Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social I am a professor of tropical ecology at the University of York. I have a passion for Mountain ecosystems and cultures across the Global South, particularly in Kenya and Tanzania where I work with many Universities, NGOs and Government organisations.
New Climber @newclimber.bsky.social Founder of Vertebrate Publishing. Refugee from Twitter. Likes running, climbing, books and more climbing. Publishing and outdoor adventure content.
Danny Carden @dannyoutdoors.bsky.social Keen for all things nature, access and the outdoors, especially those involving rocks, ice and snow. 🧗 ⛰️ 🌳 👟 🦦 🥾
Land Reform Act (Scotland) Act 2003 fanboy.
My views.
Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social Award-winning not-for-profit org fighting for nature conservation in the UK via legal challenges, public campaigns & focused research.
Led by CEO @bobelliot.bsky.social & Directors @chrisgpackham.bsky.social & @ruthtingay.bsky.social
wildjustice.org.
Tim Gallagher @rusticolus60.bsky.social Award-winning writer, editor, and wildlife photographer. Author of six books and numerous articles.
Sharon Kennedy @sharonkennedy.bsky.social Freelance Outdoor instructor, walker, climber, nature lover, mountain rescuer, dog fan.
Owner of www.team-tortoise.co.uk/
Director Mountain Training England.
BASP first aid instructor.
Mount Everest Foundation @mef-official.bsky.social Founded in 1955, the Mount Everest Foundation (MEF) funds exploratory scientific and mountaineering objectives in the world's mountain regions.
More on our work here ➡️ https://www.mef.org.uk/
DaveBrigg @lincsexplorer.bsky.social (He/him) UK, interested in words, history and the great outdoors
National Outdoor Book Awards @nobabooks.bsky.social National Outdoor Book Awards: Recognizing outstanding writing & publishing in the outdoor field.
Awards given in: Outdoor Literature, Nature & Environment, History-Biography, Children's, Art/Photography. etc.
Posts by Ron Watters.
Pat Milston @milstonoutdoors.bsky.social FRGS. Education. Outdoor Learning, Adventure. Travel. Human Rights. Development Issues. The Environment. Mountains. Good Music. Out on my Bike, Smiling and Having Fun.
Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social — Founder of Our World in Data
— Professor at the University of Oxford
Data to understand global problems and research to make progress against them.
Becky Lomax @beckyjlomax.bsky.social Priorities: Well-being of all humans and natural world
Moon Travel Guides author: USA National Parks; Yellowstone & Grand Teton; Glacier National Park; US & Canada Rocky Mts Road Trip
www.beckylomax.com
Geograph Great Britain & Ireland @geograph-gbi.bsky.social Record and share your places!
We collect geographically interesting photos of UK and Ireland.
Aiming for at least one per 1km OS grid square
Moderated, classroom-ready, reusable, geo-located
8 million photos so far
http://www.geograph.org.uk/
Reynier Squillace @mountreynier.bsky.social PhD student in Astronomy at the University of Virginia and science reporter for ExplorersWeb. May post sporadically about mountains, opera, and circus. Likes to write.
London Mountain Film Festival @londonmountainfestival.com We are an annual adventure film festival like no other. Community Events, Household Streaming and In-Person Screenings in London, Penrith and Inverness. All of it world-class, accessible, inclusive and bloody brilliant.
The Ramblers @ramblers.org.uk Britain’s walking charity, opening the way for everyone to enjoy the simple pleasures of walking & fighting for the places we love to wander.
ramblers.org.uk
Italy travel @italytravel.bsky.social Travel, food, history, fun and more....all strictly made in Italy
Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social Writer (on science, travel & curiosity), Yorkshireman, tedious enthusiast, professional overthinker, Megathreader. Now: Scotland.
Writes Everything Is Amazing: https://everythingisamazing.substack.com/
SherlockTales @sherlocktales.bsky.social Ex tipi dweller. Lake District.
Mountains. Deserts. Cold Places.
Foot. Bike. Ski
David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social Co-Editor for @tgomagazine, photo guide & author
https://linktr.ee/davidlintern
The Outer Source @theoutersource.bsky.social 
Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com Author of novels fantastical & historical, avid gardener, co-founder of SFWA's pub industry watchdog Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic)
https://writerbeware.blog
https://victoriastrauss.com
Olly Beckett @aplantogo.bsky.social Travel writer (bylines inc. Fodor's, Travel + Leisure, Time Out, National Geographic, Cruise and Travel), member of British Guild of Travel Writers. Editor of Mountains Magazine. Specialising in:
Mountain tourism | Responsible travel | Cruise | Hiking
Robin Wallace @walkwithwallace.bsky.social 🏴 Scottish Adventurer who loves the mountains:
🥾 Hiking and backpacking
⛺️ Wild camping
🎥 YouTube channel (WalkWithWallace)
ScotWays @scotways.com The UK's oldest outdoor access group, we work to protect and develop access to the Scottish countryside for all. We are the authors of #ScottishHillTracks and home to the #HeritagePaths Project.
For more about us, check out our https://linktr.ee/scotways !
Dr Rose O’Neill @roseoneill.bsky.social Ceo Campaign for National Parks. Fighting for wilder National Parks in England and Wales.
Nature. Landscape. Rivers. Access. Social justice.
Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social Guardian Natural History Writer, author of The Swimmer – the Wild Life of Roger Deakin, Wild Child, Islander, Badgerlands, The Butterfly Isles and a few others. President of Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Special interests: butterflies, trees, restoring nature.
Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social Mountain Leader, wildlife guide, otter groupie, I love nature, and I love science ♥️🦦🌳🪲🪼🌸🦉🦎🦈
Also a wannabe runner, thwarted cyclist, sometime rock climber, lapsed archaeologist.
The Isle of Arran is my home and I frequently crop up in other places too 😃.
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org We are the UK’s learned society and professional body for geography, supporting geography and geographers across the world.
Mountain Research Initiative @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social Global coordination network for #MountainResearch collaboration. We are making connections for #OurChangingMountains.
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles @freyahd.bsky.social Tourism Commentator, Activist, Interest in social justice, climate justice and place-based governance
Recent contributions on socialising tourism and localising tourism
George Higgins @handle.invalid Modern and environmental history | PhD in C20th mountaineering in Eryri @ Bangor Uni | Wales regional ambassador for IHR HistoryLab+
Outdoor Politics @outdoorpolitics.bsky.social I am a professional guide, a business owner, an outdoor writer, a mountain rescue volunteer and an outdoor activist. The views expressed here are my own.
Jonathan Pitches @profpitches.bsky.social Theatre Professor and eco critic. Author of Performing Mountains. Head of School of Performance and Cultural Industries at University of Leeds. European. Trying my hand at some poetry. Views my own.
Yoshiki Ishiuchi @strigops44ki.bsky.social PhD candidate @ Kyoto University, Himalayan Area Studies, Bhutan.
Masa Sakano @masasakano.bsky.social Scotland-based climber/mountaineer. Loves outdoors and music in peaceful world – will speak out to protect them. @masasakano@mastodon.scot or on Twitter. Avatar by @kuromog
Max Leonard @maxleonard.bsky.social Writer. Mountain Style (Isola 2024), A Cold Spell (Bloomsbury 2023). Previous inc. Higher Calling, Bunker Research, Lanterne Rouge etc. I also run Isola Press.
https://linktr.ee/m_xl
དོལ་པོ་བ phurwa @phurwa.bsky.social 
Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk Official UK Met Office account. Get the weather in your hand with our app: http://linktr.ee/MOContent
Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org Our World in Data is a free, nonprofit website with a mission to increase understanding of the world’s largest problems and drive informed action to solve them. Based out of Oxford University (@ox.ac.uk), founded by @maxroser.bsky.social.
Association of Nepal & Himalayan Studies (ANHS) @anhs-himalaya.bsky.social An academic organization devoted to the study of Nepal and wider Himalaya–Tibet, Sikkim, Ladakh, Bhutan. Publisher of Himalaya, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal. Provider of grants & prizes for students and scholars. https://anhs-himalaya.org
Neelima Vallangi @neelima.bsky.social Covering climate crisis in the Himalaya & South Asia.
Journalist / Photographer / Documentary Filmmaker
📍Nepal/India
Words/images/film in Guardian, Nature, Deutsche Welle, BBC, Al Jazeera, SCMP etc. Portfolio at https://neelima.contently.com
Iain Peters @iainpeters.bsky.social Writer, mountaineer, right to roam activist, retired arborist.
Author Rocky Rambler's Wild Walks, the first Lake District walking guide to put children in charge.
Climbing Guide author.
Supporter of #MeToo & challenging male abuse of power. CSA survivor
Viajarapie @viajarapie.bsky.social (Thru-)Hiking | Backpacking | Mountaineering | Cycle touring
Viajarapie is Spanish for Travelling on foot
https://www.viajarapie.info
Morgan Williams @mountain-morgan.bsky.social Retired mountain ultra runner, turning to the bike. Always looking forward, because as Kilian Jornet likes to say: “My big moment is always tomorrow”. UTMB finisher. Bob Graham Club no. 371. Occasional writer for iRunFar.com.
Tristan Kennedy @tristankennedy.bsky.social British journalist based in Italy. Features & long reads ✍️ (and sometimes 📷) on winter sports, environmental issues & adventure for 📰 Financial Times, Telegraph, WIRED, Outside, Red Bulletin & elsewhere. Also, guitar for Cable Street Collective.
UKHillwalking @ukhillwalking.bsky.social 
Whipper Media @whippermedia.bsky.social Climbing, whippers and more!
David Rippin @dmrippin.bsky.social LRPS landscape photographer | Glaciologist | Reader in Physical Geography at the University of York | environmentalist | lover of trees and mountains | climber | socialist
My website: www.PhotoRippin.com
Find me on Instagram too: @dmrippin
Gripped Magazine @gripped.bsky.social Canada's Climbing Magazine
Nathan Chrismas @thevagrantlichenologist.com Lichenologist - FRGS - Mountain Leader
Working with NTS and RBGE
Blog: www.thevagrantlichenologist.com
Insta: www.instagram.com/cragology/
Web: www.cragology.rocks
Trail magazine @trailmagazine.bsky.social If you love mountains, we've got you covered. We bring you hiking route inspiration, trusted gear reviews, award-winning writing and photography, adventure videos, and much more.
Gisella Lomax @gisellalomax.bsky.social Information Integrity and Digital Protection. I work for the UN Refugee Agency - UNHCR - leading our response to misinformation, disinformation, online hate speech. Currently based in London
Jon Sparks @jonsparksauthor.bsky.social After more than 30 years, and 60 books, as an outdoor writer and photographer, I’m now fully focused on fiction with the Shattered Moon series. AI-free (and I mean free).
Dan Patitucci @danpatitucci.bsky.social Professional Mountain Sport Photographer & Athlete
patitucciphoto.com & alpsinsight.com
https://linktr.ee/patitucciphoto 
Richard T Rogers @richardtrogers.bsky.social Writer, editor, mountaineer, sailor. PBO, UKC/H. Rebuilding a small yacht for voyages to mountainous coasts. Book coming. 
Laurent Pitoiset @pitoiset.net Digital Solutions, UNHCR
Graham Uney @grahamuney.bsky.social A professional mountaineer and guidebook author. Noodles with guitars, writes songs, walks dogs, sees wildlife.
Writes to keep the wolf from the door, and himself from out of the rain.
Owner of www.grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk.
Little Toller Books @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal.
Based in West Dorset
www.littletoller.co.uk
Instagram / @littletollerbooks
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org We protect the rights of refugees, stateless people and all who are forced to flee.
unhcr.org
Ollie Douglas @olliedouglas.bsky.social Farm boy at @themerl.bsky.social (at Uni of Reading). Looks after old rural stuff in a big shed. On committee of British Agricultural History Society. Active in AIMA, RMN, and Folklore Society. Views own. “Iconic”.
Douglas Paton @douglaspaton.bsky.social BC-based writer - talks about tech, nature, writing, fly fishing
Words in National Geographic, Men's Journal, and more.
Alasdair Fraser @alasdairfraser.bsky.social Poet and newspaper reporter from the Scottish Highlands. Like to bicycle tour/travel. Love home. Kidding about poet. 🏴
Work-related posts @alfraserreporter.bsky.social
Bella 📸 Passport & Pixels @passportandpixels.bsky.social 📸 Travel & wildlife photographer
💻 Award-winning writer & blogger (BBC Travel, Nat Geo Travel)
🎥 Documentary director (PBS, BBC, Channel 4)
🇬🇧 London
Anna Richards @annahrichards.bsky.social Travel writer based in Lyon, France. Author of Paddling France for Bradt Guides, Travel Media Awards' Guide of the Year 2024. By-lines for the BBC, National Geographic, The Telegraph & many more.
annahrichards(at)gmail(dot)com
Christian Drury @cjdrury.bsky.social Historian of empire, travel and modernity in the Arctic. DurhamARCTIC PhD. He could never help reading about cricket. He/him. Personal academic website: https://www.christiandrury.co.uk/