Adventure Stories

SUP YOGA IN BEAUTIFUL EAST LOTHIAN

Dr Kirsty Rew is a qualified SUP yoga, yoga, and paddle board instructor with Ocean Vertical, and has over 15 years experience practicing yoga and surfing. She gained these qualifications to share her passion for being active outdoors and the…

Mollie Hughes and Ocean Vertical

Here at Ocean Vertical HQ we have some very exciting news, we are welcoming world-record breaking mountaineer and polar expeditioner Mollie Hughes to the team as a Director of OV.

Mollie will join forces with founders Adrian Boot and Stevie Boyle…

BLUE AND BLACK FRIDAY

A cold and blustery dawn walk this morning from North Berwick to Seacliff Beach. It’s a wild and rugged coastline, even more so today with snow and ice down to the oceans edge. Tantallon Castle and the Bass Rock have a dusting…

Planning for Winter Mountaineering in Scotland

Winter in the Scottish mountains is a serious and highly rewarding undertaking. Reduced daylight, snow and continually changing conditions in wild and remote locations make for a real mountaineering adventure.

We are in these mountains year round exploring and guiding…

Paddle Boarding SUP in East Lothian

Ocean Vertical is an adventure company based in Scotland. We have a fairly simple philosophy: a deep respect for wilderness and the natural world, a love for silent sports with no motors involved and a passion for real adventures in…

Coasteering in East Lothian

Ocean Vertical is an adventure company based in Scotland. We have a fairly simple philosophy: a deep respect for wilderness and the natural world, a love for silent sports with no motors involved and a passion for real adventures in the mountains…

Sunrise: Winter Mountaineering on Buachaille Etive Beag, Glen Coe.

The 13th of March 2020 unfolded into one of the most remarkable winter mountaineering days; transformational and life affirming. Little did we know we wouldn’t be seeing the mountains again for a while. Coronavirus; social distancing and…

Winter Mountaineering on Meall nan Tarmachan

Its late February and its been snowing. The Mountain Weather Information Service is telling us winds of 30 – 40mph dropping by early afternoon, snow showers clearing and 50% cloud free. Temperatures -3 at 900m but feeling more like -15…