Iain Cameron

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I study and write (via the @RMetS) about snow-patches on UK hills. Self-confessed chionophile and author of 'The Vanishing Ice'.

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I hate everyone that was involved in this.

I’m almost willing to let the misalignment of the eastern border of Montana and Wyoming slide, but what they did at the South Dakota tripoint is a hanging offence.

Despite its huge size, the place in the contiguous United States which is farthest from a maintained public road is Thorofare Ranger Station in Wyoming: a mere 21 miles from the nearest public road. This probably says more about excellent American infrastructure than anything.

Mark Cavendish’s chain came off today at the #TdF2024 as he crossed the line because he dropped from ~1500W to 0W. Quite common. 1.5kW is 2 horse power! Enough to power a toaster, or a kettle to boil water. Astonishing amount of power.

Last night a meteoroid was seen (and heard) all across the west of Scotland. A blaze of light and a very loud explosion woke quite a few folk up. (Video was sent to me so I don’t have the credit. Apparently from Isle of Lewis.)

This is my worst nightmare. A climber lost his footing in a steep, snow-filled gully in the Tatras Mountains, Poland. Luckily for him he escaped serious injury. The helplessness to do anything is etched on the face of the adjacent climber.

I despair. The Ben Nevis summit shelter is, as the name suggests, a refuge for people who may require it in an emergency. Instead it’s been used as a dumping ground for selfish people who can’t be bothered to take their sh!t home.

The word ‘steaming’ for being drunk stems from when people in Scotland used to circumvent Sunday licensing laws by taking to the water. Public houses were closed, but steamships weren’t. To be ‘steaming drunk’ made its way into public parlance.

Loch Laggan dam at full chat this afternoon. Quite the spectacle. 📹 Mark Trigg

This video is way upstream of Brechin, and shows a minor tributary of the River South Esk. And this is *before* the red warning kicks in. Expect to wake up to unheard-of scenes tomorrow. Swept-away bridges and severe flooding in Angus for sure.

Scotland’s ‘glacier’ has finally slipped. At some point over the last 24 hours thousands of tonnes of snow crashed from the Great Slab towards the loch below. 1.

One consequence of the increased temperatures is that, despite the lack of rain, many of the rivers in the Cairngorms are in spate. Snow-melt fuels this process, introducing cool, oxygenated water into the rivers Spey and Dee. Good for salmon and other fish. Video Paul Phillips.

Walruses are rare visitors to British waters. This one at Lossiemouth in north east Scotland appears to be in no rush to go anywhere, though. Video:

This unassuming little spring bubbles up from the ground at 4,000 feet (1,220 metres) on the Braeriach plateau, and is the source of the River Dee. It has never been known to run dry, even in the hottest and driest years. Where the water comes from is not certain.

Winter simply refuses to give up its grip on the high Cairngorms. Paul Phillips’ visit yesterday to Ciste Mhearad (aka ‘the snow house’ of the 18th century) showed drifts that were about 6-8 metres high. These will take some shifting.

Today I went to Glas Maol, a hill at the Glenshee ski centre. I knew from seeing photos that the avalanche that happened there recently had exposed a large crown-wall. However, I wasn’t expecting Antarctica-like scenes. 1/

Magnus the walrus’s tour of coastal Scotland continues at Hopeman, where he found a speedy way of re-entering the sea from the quayside. Video by Giorgia Mahmoud

You could easily be forgiven for thinking that this was the Alps. In fact, it is Scotland, taken yesterday 14th of April. Video by Pete Greene.

The fence in this video is actually more than just a boundary between two landowners. It’s the England/Scotland border in the Cheviots. Yesterday as I walked upwards I made sure I stayed on the best side, while the English gent walking stayed on the wrong side… &lt;/sarcasm&gt;

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Can anyone (genuinely) explain what is going on here at the Idaho/Nevada/Utah tripoint? It’s baffling.

A British tourist was hiking in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan when he saw a distant avalanche and started to film it. But then the distant avalanche became not so distant…

This one is for the proper geography nerds. I placed my two walking poles 15 metres apart on a Scottish mountain (Ben Lui) yesterday to illustrate one of the best geography quirks that Scotland has.

Yesterday 274 people pushed for the summit of Mount Everest just to give their LinkedIn profile the edge. Horrendous. Video by Lakpa Tenjen Sherpa

Before and after. Here’s the first of two amazing videos showing one of nature’s great events that you’ve never heard of: a GLOF (glacial lake outburst flood). It just happened in Alaska and it’s unlike anything else. 1/2 🎥 Leigh Coates

Everest a couple of days ago. Why would anyone want to be a part of this? The worst kind of adventure capitalism.

Not a new video, but new to me. From Manaslu (8,183m) base-camp in the Himalayas. Absolutely terrifying avalanche, with many thousands of tonnes of snow tumbling down the mountain. Tendi Sherpa

Last night I went out for a cycle and ended up recording a video next to a 2,000 year old Roman monument that everyone just walks or drives past without having any idea what it is.

This is exactly what you don’t want to see as you’re about to hit the slopes. Heavy snow recently, but then a huge rise in temperatures (21.7°C today in Chamonix) resulted in multiple big slides.

There are a number of deer in the Loire valley in France that have been consuming fermented fruits and are —frankly— pissed. Police have issued alerts to drivers telling them to beware. 🎥 Channel 4:

On today’s very pleasant 50 mile (80 km) cycle I stopped on the old Firth Road bridge to admire the stunning Forth railway bridge. But it was never supposed to look the way it does, as the short video explains…

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Did George Mallory make it to the summit of Everest in 1924, 29 years before Edmund Hillary? Mallory never returned to tell, and his body remained missing for 75 years. In 1999 a team found Mallory, with what remains one of the most neck-hair raising videos on the internet.

Near Cusco in Peru a few days ago, at the Humantay lake, hikers were treated (from a safe distance) to a very scary looking avalanche. Video by Memo Martinez:

The A90 south of Aberdeen looks like something from a video you see of Arctic Norway or Finland. One of the biggest snow events of the last 20 years in north-east Scotland for sure.

Hello to the 6,300 new followers. Though you’ve doubtlessly come for the World Cup geography posts, I’m afraid you’ll have to put up with a bit of this. Me today celebrating Scotland’s win by going to see some snow in the Cairngorms. Yes, this is Scotland in summer.

Absolutely incredible video of the huge earthquake that struck Colombia just over a week ago. This one is from Hotel Castilla Real in Pereira. This is not AI. 🎥 Piamo José

The new Odyssey film will never match the energy of Talos looking down at Heracles.

Puffin season is upon us. You’ll want the sound on, trust me.

This video is way upstream of Brechin, and shows a minor tributary of the River South Esk. And this is before the red warning kicks in. Expect to wake up to unheard-of scenes tomorrow. Swept-away bridges and severe flooding in Angus for sure.

The fence in this video is actually more than just a boundary between two landowners. It’s the England/Scotland border in the Cheviots. Yesterday as I walked upwards I made sure I stayed on the best side, while the English gent walking stayed on the wrong side… </sarcasm>