#Adventure has been used over 45 million times on Instagram, a platform that hasn’t yet reached its tenth birthday. With every year that the hashtag replicates exponentially, our experience of adventure becomes safer and tamer…
‘Bonington’ film trailer
The full length feature documentary of the life of one of the world’s best known mountaineers Sir Chris Bonington will be available for download from November 20th 2017
European Outdoor Conservation Association: ‘Making a difference’
In the summer of 2006, a small group of outdoor companies got together with the aim of raising money to put back into the Great Outdoors. They wanted to find a way of funding practical, on-the-ground conservation projects…
The arctic fox comes to Manchester
Leading Scandinavian outdoor clothing and equipment brand, Fjallraven, is set to take a big step forward this autumn as it prepares to open its first UK brand store in Manchester’s prestigious Old Bank Street.
Great British Mountain Days: Curved Ridge
Alun Richardson describes a day out on the classic winter route, Curved Ridge, on Buachaille Etive Mor…
Stok Kangri and Ladakh
After many months of preparation, training, researching, attending our early summer training weekend, a few hundred emails and some extreme bag packing, the Trek & Mountain Stok Kangri 2015 Expedition team were ready to go…
Figure-of-eight knot
This is an essential knot, and it can be tied in a number of ways. It is the main method that many people use when tying on to a harness, and when tied slightly differently it is a quick and effective method of tying on to anchors…
St Curig’s Church, Capel Curig
St Curig’s Church is a quirky and wonderful self-catering property in the heart of Snowdonia. A great place to stay for a training or teambuilding weekend, a first aid course or an outdoorsy stag or hen do. It’s probably true to say that there’s nowhere else quite like this in Snowdonia. Ancient and modern stylishly combine in this beautiful home set within a 19th century church in the village of Capel Curig.
Satmap
The Satmap brand is about delivering outstanding digital mapping solutions to serious Outdoor folk. Great mapping is our first priority, followed by superb GPS performance on robust and durable hardware.
‘Psycho Vertical’ trailer
Based on his best-selling auto-biography of the same name, Psycho Vertical is a raw and emotive study of the complex life and motivations of writer, funny-man and Britain’s unlikeliest hero-mountaineer, Andy Kirkpatrick, woven into an 18 day solo ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite.