With his Gallic nose, quiet nature and penchant for long, solo vol-bivouac trips, there was something very bird-like about Pierre Bouilloux. He was wise, too. “If you’re ever stressed, go and stand with your back against a tree, and rest your worries against it,” he once told me.
“It’s seen far more than you’ll ever see.” Many of us miss Pierre, and it’s only right that Ed Ewing has devoted a section of the new issue to the man. At 60 years-old, and of his own volition, Pierre left us way too soon and in completely the wrong way. Try out the tree trick, though – Pierre’s still around here somewhere…
