Saoirse Hanley: Ladies, if your man is willing to ‘alpine divorce’ you, make sure you don’t take him back when you get down the mountain

Saoirse Hanley: Ladies, if your man is willing to ‘alpine divorce’ you, make sure you don’t take him back when you get down the mountain

“Alpine divorce is the rather glib name given to a phenomenon whereby one partner takes the other hiking, and then leaves them there.” Photo: Getty

The most gorgeous sundown I ever did see in all my nearly 29 years of dwelling was one I couldn’t get pleasure from for lengthy. I used to be in the first leg of a multi-day trek throughout the Scottish Highlands with my boyfriend, and the sundown, whereas stunning, was a blazing orange, pink and yellow reminder that we have been operating out of daylight.

There was a variety of floor to cowl earlier than we’d arrive at our unmanned campsite for the evening, and I wasn’t completely snug about the hill snaking into the darkish woods. My boyfriend, a really succesful outdoor man, was entrusted with getting us from A to B safely (and erecting our tent when we received there, however I held the torch).

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