Refugees coming into the Sudan from Tigre in Ethiopia, Ryan said, arrived from small villages of about 100 people in the cold highlands, having walked for 14 to 30 days with minimal food and water.
Highland children often walked long distances to school, assisted with subsistence tasks including herding and gathering firewood, and consumed a more traditional diet than their lowland counterparts.
Thomas Tobias, from Falkirk, was walking the West Highland Way when the sun broke through the clouds over Glen Coe.
In the show's already celebrated opening scenes, a 12-year-old girl, Tui (Jacqueline Joe), is spotted walking into a frigid highland lake; after she's rescued, she's found to be pregnant.
These are English walking boots, crossed with a Scottish Highland influence.
Edinburgh-based adventravelravel company Wilderness Scotland specialises in kayaking, sailing, walking and photography holidays in the highlands and islands.
THE OUTFITTER Intrepid Travel's new walking trip focuses on nature from a highland base in the central Corsica village of Bocognano.
Brock was walking Pee Wee, a small, high-strung West Highland terrier who darted into the brush at the slightest provocation -- a sudden breeze, shifting gravel, a tour bus rumbling down Caffin Avenue several blocks east.
"You can only survive with money, and you can only find money from gold," says Martine, who followed her husband to the delta 15 years ago by walking 60 miles over the mountains from their remote highland village.
Work it off in the great outdoors, walking, mountain-biking, playing golf — or training for the annual Highland Games.
