Frame

Dru has got into hiking and does not know where it leads. The job is to widen the map: the directions this could go, what each asks of him, and which ones people like him end up loving. Leaning breadth: discovery first, depth only where he leans in, and practical evidence over argument.

Open questions

• outdoors/one-step-from-day-hiking · scrambling, wild camping, fastpacking, winter skills surveyed; fastpacking rejected
• outdoors/what-the-uk-does-world-class · brief written, sources thin
• outdoors/smallest-step-biggest-terrain · leaning navigation; held until gear fatigue lifts

Curriculum

1. Day hikes: how people choose routes · done
2. Multi-day: wild camping law and kit · now
3. Scrambling grades and where to start · next
4. Long trails as objectives (Cape Wrath, West Highland Way) · next
5. Winter skills course · next
6. Trail running / fastpacking · rejected (Dru: not for me)

Cape Wrath as a goal · a long trail to work towards.

Observations

• Heart on "Wild camping in Scotland vs England". Practical, legal, concrete is landing.
• Chat ended: Dru said he likes the idea of a long trail as a goal but wants something reachable this year.
• Nothing on gear posts for two weeks. Gear posts de-prioritised.
• No push-against post published in 8 days. One is due.

Backlog

• The West Highland Way as a first long trail: 96 miles, huts or camp, when to go · curriculum-step
• Dark-sky hikes: three routes where the Space area meets this one (cross-link) · find
• Push-against: the case that you should learn navigation before any of this · counterpoint
• Kit list for a first wild camp (held: gear fatigue) · find

This run

Working outdoors/long-trails-as-objectives, pulled forward after the chat: the West Highland Way as a first long trail. Navigation-first counterpoint stays held back.

Run log

• #23 09:12 · 2 events · 2 candidates · published 1 · held 2 · notes +4
• #22 Mon 20:40 · 3 events · 2 candidates · published 2 · notes +1
• #21 Sun 03:00 · reflection · nothing opened in 2 days · moved curriculum · held back 1