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David J Lintern

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Militant optimist. Highlander. Culture worker. An editor with @tgomagazine. https://linktr.ee/davidlintern

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Dec 1

By way of an introduction here, an interview/podcast thingemy with Dan Aspel all the way back in 2022. It’s a moment in time, and times change, but tells a tale and tracks a journey

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2#07 David Lintern: the photojournalist — mountain air | podcast

Highlands-based journalist David Lintern chats about the Cape Wrath Trail, his book Thunder Road, and a former life as a “scruffy musician”.

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · 20h

Scotlands not so clean water

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · 8d

Superb bit on the Natural Capital racket and the Kinrara sell out

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Oxygen Conservation's purchase of BrewDog's Lost Forest at Kinrara - parkswatchscotland

BrewDog’s sale of Kinrara, the estate near Aviemore which it purchased for £8,800,000 in December 2020, and the announcement by Oxygen Conservation earlier this week that it had purchased it (they hav...

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The Great Outdoors @tgomagazine.bsky.social · 20d

⛺ We partnered with Trek Scotland & Minreet Kaur for a first-time Munro wild camp in the Cairngorms.
🌄 Minreet's mum Pal is in remission. She's 75 in November - and is nails enough to attempt Bynack More in the dark!
Watch this space for her full story. An inspiration! 👏
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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Sep 10

Not 100% sure tbf but because of location I think it’s likely left out as a feed station for birds of prey

David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Sep 9

Last week, on a 2 day circuit of the feshie drainage

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Aug 23

Spreads from the bumper edition of @tgomagazine.bsky.social loaded with poetry, boating, walking and scrambling… and our annual roundup of the best outdoor kit for 2025

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · May 22

Something I think about a lot, as a culture worker and an editorial gatekeeper - how to ensure others don’t fall into the same trap doors as I have. Looking forward to this book: open.substack.com/pub/darrenmc...

The Trauma Economy

What It Costs to Be a Public Example of Pain

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · May 15

A recent post in the in-laws' family WhatsApp chat...

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · May 11

March for Palestine, Inverness, 10.5.25.

A walk for all ages and creeds. Many moving speeches, some highlighting the obvious historical links between land politics in Scotland and Palestine.

(Pix grabbed on the 35mm fixie while helping out marshalling)

David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Apr 27

my first newsletter in about 20 months!

News & Views - 2023-2025

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Apr 11

Beautiful, John - still got it ;)

Your 5 sisters has pride of place on (my side of) the bedroom wall

David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Apr 9

Bivvy bag scenes from a favourite place

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Grim Howldgson @timhodgson.bsky.social · Apr 2

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

image of watchmen's doctor manhattan, a superhero who is entirely blue and nude, sitting on a rock, small in frame, on what is depicted to be a very pink version of the surface of the planet mars. he looks pensive.

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Mar 30

Food… Politics… Environment… Marmot ontology! New May issue of @tgomagazine.bsky.social focuses on National Parks, including an alt take on the GR54 in the French Haute Alps.

We are what we eat, make sure it’s wholesome: www.google.com/search?q=tgo...

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The Great Outdoors @tgomagazine.bsky.social · Mar 27

RAF and mountain rescue veteran David “Heavy” Whalley, who helped save hundreds of lives during his career, has died at the age of 72.

A previous editor of The Great Outdoors magazine, Cameron McNeish, remembers a friend, colleague and a gentleman of the hills.

Remembering David 'Heavy' Whalley, a Mountain Rescue Legend

RAF and mountain rescue veteran David “Heavy” Whalley - a gentleman of the hills - is remembered by Cameron McNeish.

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The Great Outdoors @tgomagazine.bsky.social · Mar 25

🌄#TheGreatOutdoors invites young photographers aged 15-25 to submit your favourite landscape photograph to be published in our magazine and win £75!
🥾Pick your best shot of mountains that move you & send it with 100 words describing the moment to [email protected].
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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Mar 24

Sad to hear of Heavy's passing this morning. Here's an interview for @walkhighlands.co.uk from 2022. He was lovely company, and hugely empathetic. We made his portrait at Ryvoan bothy, trying to show the light and shadow of a life well lived. www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/heavy-w...

Heavy Whalley – a life of service

Heavy Whalley has spent a life in love with the hills and in the service of others, holding key roles in Mountain Search and Rescue over several decades. David Lintern met up for a chat. Please int...

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Mar 23

A few images from last week's high pressure bubble, 3 days in the north west, a long way from the road

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Mar 12

Suffering fux Batman, the latest innovative partnership where Rewilding Britain throw hard fought grass roots Access Campaigns under the bus is super awesome is it not

walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · Mar 11

Just a reminder to anyone reading this PR piece - true wild camping is covered under access rights in Scotland and does not require paying a membership fee or any fee to landowners. Official government advice on where/how to wild camp responsibly here:
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Mar 12

On top of total capture of COP by the fossil fuel industry, we now have "Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit."

At what point do we acknowledge what is now plainly obvious: that this is not the solution, but a big part of the problem, a coverup for BAU?
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Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit

The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Mar 10

Last week, we said goodbye to one of Scotland's finest
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Trailblazer: Remembering Charlie Ramsay (1943-2025)

Charlie Ramsay, the inspirational creator of Ramsay’s Round, is remembered by editor David Lintern

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Mar 8

‘Natural Capital’ is bankrupt…https://parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/03/08/the-scottish-wildlife-trusts-purchase-of-inverbroom-and-natural-capital/

The Scottish Wildlife Trust's purchase of Inverbroom and natural capital - parkswatchscotland

The Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT)’s announcement earlier this week that they had purchased the Inverbroom Estate (see here) should be another nail in the coffin for so-called green finance. Tucked awa...

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Feb 21

Its time for the bi annual revelation on class and the arts: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn

Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · Feb 13

Here's a reminder to not take yourself too seriously. Our egos get in the way too much of the time. This is obvious stuff, but it makes sense to reflect on it occasionally.

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David J Lintern @davidlintern.bsky.social · Feb 8

John King on Central Buttress Gully, back o' Braeraich, Friday 7/2/25

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