Max has hiked on six continents. With friends, he has climbed all 282 of Scotland's Munros (mountains over 3,000 feet in height); wild-camped 1,000 km across mountains in 2013 (including Switzerland's Alpine Pass Route, Corsica's GR20, and Scotland's Cape Wrath Trail); skied Sweden's Arctic Kungsleden; canoed the length of the Thames; etc.

He loves to share his experiences to inspire other people. His co-authored Trek to Everest won The Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild 2016 prize for Best Guidebook.

He also loves his birthplace of Scotland, and his The Call of the Mountains describes the inspirational power of Scotland's mountainscapes. Wanderlust Magazine included it in its Best Travel Books of 2019.

Max's Ridgeway is a guide to walking Europe's most ancient footpath, from Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon; and one of his TGO articles describes a route across Switzerland's high passes. His photographs have appeared in the various publications indicated below.

Max also works with the many parallels between adventure travel and business leadership including team selection and motivation, goal setting and re-setting, progress tracking, emergency action, and more.

2023: Guidebook - "The Jurassic Coast Path" (pub: tbc)
2019: Illustrated feature - The Hong Kong and Lantau Trails for TGO magazine
2019: Guidebook - "The Land's End Circuit" (pub: Rucksack Readers)
2017: Selected photographs - Great Hiking Trails of the World (pub:Rizzzoli)
2017: Illustrated feature - Mount Kailash, Tibet in a 7-page feature for TGO magazine
2016: Guidebook - "Trek to Everest" winner of OWPG Prize for Best Guidebook (pub: Rucksack Readers)
2015: Guidebook - "The Ridgeway" (pub: Rucksack Readers)
2015: Selected articles - The Munros for TGO magazine
2014: Illustrated feature - The Alpine Pass Route in a 6-page feature for TGO magazine
2014: Book - "The Call of the Mountains" cited as a Best Travel Book by Wanderlust (pub: Luath Press)

Future (contact Max if interested)
. Iona to Lindisfarne
. Hebridean Way, by bike
. Corsica - circumnavigate, by sea-kayak; 1 month
. South West Coast Path - further segments
. Famous and Sacred Mountains (part 2), China
. Tsangpo Gorge

2025
. Dolomites and other Alps (day hikes / 2 weeks)
. Amalfi Coast (hiking inc Path of the Gods / 1 week)
2024
. Route des Grandes Alpes (day hikes / 10 days)
. Pacific North West (Day hikes on road trip through 6 US National Parks in WA, OR and CA)
. North Downs Way (203 km Farnham to Dover, UK / 4 days)
. South Downs Way (160 km Winchester to Seven Sisters, UK / 4 days)
. Wandle Trail (20 km; along London river that in Victorian times housed 40 mills and was one of the busiest rivers in the world)
. Capital Ring (126 km through green spaces encircling London / 3 days)
. South West Coast Path (further segments)
2023
. South West Coast Path (further segments)
2022
. South West Coast Path (further segments)
2021
. Limited by covid restrictions
2020
. Jurassic Coast Path, England
. South Dorset Ridgeway, England
2019
. Lofoten mountains, Norway
. GR5 Lake Geneva to Modane, Switzerland and France (parts of)
. Famous and Sacred Mountains (part 1), China
2018
. Baltoro Glacier and Gondogoro La, Pakistan
2017
. Hong Kong Trail, Lantau Trail, China
. Tour du Mont Blanc, Fr-It-Sw
. Annapurna Circuit, Nepal
2016
. Mount Kailash kora, Tibet
. Kyrgyzstan
. Inca Trail, Peru
2015
. Tour of the Matterhorn, Switzerland
2014
. Skye Trail, Scotland
. Ridgeway, England
. Thames Path, by canoe and wild camp, England
. Mount Toubkal, winter ascent, Morocco
. Kungsleden on skis, Sweden / Arctic Circle
2013
. Alpine Pass Route, Switzerland
. Cape Wrath Trail, Scotland
. GR20, Corsica
. Torres del Paine "W" and Las Glaciaras, Patagonia
. Furth Munros, UK and Ireland
2012, and 2010
. Day hikes on 1,880 mile road trip from Canada to Mexico through 22 National Parks, USA
2011
. Lukla to Everest Base Camp, Nepal.
2007-2013
. The Munros (all 282), Scotland

Some of Max's other interests are indicated below.