I stayed in a few of these over the years. Loved it, especially for the sense of "middle of nowhere". Really surprised to see another piece in a major paper, or to turn up on HN for that matter.

There was a piece in the Guardian, also this month, that the MBA is struggling and they may die out unless they start getting some younger volunteers soon. Bothies are volunteer maintained and restored, and the volunteers are apparently aging rapidly.

With lots more photos: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2019/jan/25/mountain-resc...