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Walking piece
Walking piece Marŝarto26 2026

Mountains of Hope

I walk along the local village road in my home town (Espoo, Finland). I walked the same road as a child. The village road is still the same. Simultaneously it is different. As I am the same. But different.

Sound walk
Sound walk SWS25 2024

… ear to the river …

A soundwalk along the Garbet at Aulus-les-Bains. From downstream to upstream… and back.

Happened
walkingevent  

Walking China: Stories yet to be told

Institute of Contemporary Arts at NYU Shanghai
20 May, 2023
Yangsi Road, Pudong, Shanghai, China

Multimedia Exhibition and Series of events Walking China: Stories yet to be told is a multimedia exhibition and collaboration with the Out of Eden Walk, a global storytelling project retracing ancient human migration currently underway in China. Co-curated by Pulitzer-Prize winning writer, National Geographic Explorer, and Documentary Center, Shanghai Media Group (SMG) foreign expert Paul

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Rebecca Solnit

A Line Above the Sky

Helen Mort
post 23 Aug, 2022

From Mountain to Sea (part 2)

In 2022 I have been commissioned to research a memorial to Covid for Aberdeenshire. My proposal is to develop a long-distance path from Mountain to Sea – taking Aberdeenshire’s motto literally. Based on Patrick Geddes’s Valley Section, I have been walking from Aberdeenshire’s highest point Ben MacDui in the Cairngorm mountains to the North Sea

post 19 Jul, 2022

From mountain to sea (part 1)

I am walking from Mountain to Sea. Ben MacDui. First stop. Tourists are on the up.

Walking piece
Walking piece 1970

Man Walking Down the Side of a Building

“Man Walking Down the Side of a Building” was first performed in New York in 1970. A man descended the side of a building at 80 Wooster Street, and is part of a series called ‘Equipment Pieces’, drawing attention to the simple act of walking in an unnatural scenario.

Sound walk
Sound walk SWS21 2021

Rain at Mavrovo National Park

This post discusses the concept of Digital Ecology, exploring how technology can be critically adapted to support the natural world rather than harm it. It includes a sound walk piece created from digitally processed field recordings made at Mavrovo National Park, a mountainous area with an artificial lake near Skopje.

Walking piece
Walking piece 2015

Treffradot

A new opera set in motion by a walking audience in the mountains of Eryri (Snowdonia). Heard via headphones, it relays a modern myth set around Lyn Idwal, the lake at the bottom of a glacial valley. Through song, eight characters, Sundew, Butterwort, Ceffyl Dwr, Dragon, Prince, Rock, Pen-Bele God of Death and the Teffradot

Sound walk
Sound walk 2019

Soundwalk in Aulus-les-Bains

This post features a morning walk through Aulus-les-Bains, the last French village before the Spanish border in the Pyrenees, during red deer mating season in September. The recordings and composition were created by Carina Pesch, with voices by Greg Byatt, Carina Pesch, and passengers, all captured during the CAMP-seminar "Recording Red Deer" by Chris Watson.

Sound walk
Sound walk 2022

Hiking With The Yamabushi Mountain Monks

This piece invites the listener to discover the inner realms and wonders of the Yamabushi. Join them on their journey through the sacred Dewa Sanzan mountains, sit with them under night skies and hear their voices echo through the forest...

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No Map Could Show Them

Helen Mort

Articles on WLC

post Curated news 03 Feb, 2025

On the “inside” of being outside – The life of a mountain guide • Outdoor …

Source: On the “inside” of being outside – The life of a mountain guide • Outdoor …

post Curated news 15 Sep, 2022

Opinion | The Transcendent Power of Walking – The New York Times

Walking in my neighborhood taught me what running wild in the mountains couldn’t. Source: Opinion | The Transcendent Power of Walking – The New York Times

post Curated news 04 Sep, 2022

‘It definitely isn’t flat’: Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success | Netherlands | The Guardian

No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries Source: ‘It definitely isn’t flat’: Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success | Netherlands | The Guardian

post Curated news 21 Jul, 2021

‘It is treated as a commodity to be conquered’: Can mountain tourism ever be truly sustainable?

Fragile mountain environments are too often damaged in the race for the summit. Slow tourism offers a better way. Source: ‘It is treated as a commodity to be conquered’: Can mountain tourism ever be truly sustainable?

Articles elsewhere

Tough Soles Writ... 85

Reflections on the National Outdoor Recreation Conference 2026

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Ellie Berry
Tough Soles Writ... 95

Benbaun Galway’s County High Point

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Ellie Berry
Tough Soles Writ... 85

Launching The Slí Signet Inspired by long distance hiking

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Ellie Berry
Tough Soles Writ... 85

The Vandeleur-Lynams Project Film Tour

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Ellie Berry

V.O.N.A.R.

Vocal Orientation And Navigation Through development and practice of Driftsinging.

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