About Marcus
📍 Scottish Highlands
Marcus spent eight years leading backcountry expeditions and volunteering with mountain rescue before he started writing about the gear that kept him and his clients safe. He reviews everything the same way he prepared for a summit — methodically and without cutting corners.
Marcus Reid guided hiking and mountaineering trips across Scotland, the Alps, and Patagonia for nearly a decade, then spent five years on a volunteer wilderness search and rescue team. That background means he has stress-tested more boots, packs, and navigation devices in real conditions than most people will encounter in a lifetime. He launched My Hiking Stuff because he was tired of seeing gear roundups written by people who had never left the car park.