Bringing Adventure to Life in Words

Welcome to the online base camp of Ash Routen, an internationally published writer who specialises in outdoor adventure, extreme sports and adventure travel.

Adventure Writing Services

  • Features and Breaking News

    Ash has written features and breaking news on adventure for magazines and newspapers such as National Geographic UK, The Guardian and Sidetracked. He is a regular contributor to Explorersweb.

  • Reviews

    Ash writes reviews of new adventure travel and photography books, as well outdoor clothing and equipment for industry magazines and websites. In past years he has been on the Outdoors Magic Outdoor 100 test team.

  • Editorial

    To improve the content accuracy and authenticity of adventure literature, Ash can provide substantive edits on manuscripts. He co-edited the English language for Snowkiting: Freedom of Flow by the late Dixie Dansercoer.

About Ash

Ash Routen is a British outdoor and adventure writer. His writing has appeared in a range of well-known magazines and newspapers, including National Geographic UK, Sidetracked, The Guardian, and Outside Magazine. Ash has interviewed legendary adventurers such as Reinhold Messner and Borge Ousland, and his writing has been mentioned in newspapers such as The Washington Post and The Globe and Mail.

During his free time, Ash enjoys travelling in the Arctic regions through winter treks and summer backpacking. He is based in the county of Leicestershire in the UK, and is available for assignment.

  • "I really thought your piece on Antarctica was well written"

    Robert Swan, the first person to walk to both the North and South Pole

  • "What a fascinating article. British eccentricity at its finest and most absurd"

    UK Climbing Reader

  • "Jeeze I hate this kind of article. As if every time you go for a walk in the countryside, you are hauling your ass up a 'king mountain. The outdoors is not the lone province of adventurers"

    Guardian Reader

  • "The article I have been waiting for and one that needs sharing widely. The entire chasing of meaningless records has become a farce"

    Explorersweb Reader

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