Glenmore Lodge instructor Derek Bain demonstrates how to set up your belaying area and rope to ensure a safe, slick and practical process.
Rock Climbing – holding a leader fall
Glenmore Lodge instructor Derek Bain shows how to hold a fall when lead climbing.
Rock Climbing – building a belay using slings
Glenmore Lodge instructor Derek Bain demonstrates how to construct a multi point anchor using slings.
Rock Climbing – building a belay using the rope
Glenmore Lodge instructor Derek Bain demonstrates how to construct a multi point anchor using the rope.
Top 100 Treks – The World’s Best Trails
Everest Base Camp. Kilimanjaro. Appalachian Trail. Tour du Mont Blanc. What IS the best trek in the world? That’s the million-dollar question we set out to answer with the launch of our first ever Top 100 Treks poll…
World Backpacker
At World Backpacker we aim to supply a comprehensive range of products to support your adventures, from a long weekend backpacking in the Lake District to an unsupported ‘by any means’ journey through South America – and everything in between. So whether you travel by plane, boat, bus, bike or on foot – we’ve got the kit that you need.
Basecamp Gear
Basecamp Gear is a venture concerned with the supply of camping equipment designed to be used in remote places where quality and reliability are paramount. As our name suggests we supply equipment designed for extended stays in places accessed using vehicles or with limited trekking involved, from the Lake District to the Himalayas.
Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Ultralight Outdoor Gear Ltd. is a venture concerned with the supply of outdoor clothing and equipment for backpacking, trekking, adventure racing and adventure travel. As our name suggests we are only interested in supplying lightweight, functional, best quality gear that supports the concept of backpacking, trekking and travelling unhindered by traditional heavy loads and masses of equipment.
Icicle Mountaineering
Icicle was founded back in 2000, and we offer guided adventures to climb, trek, ski, and run, in mountains all around the world. We are based in Windermere, in the heart of the Lake District National Park, where we have a course base and shop. We focus on offering instructional courses to help build people’s autonomy, and are proud to be a small specialist company which has a very personal approach.
LEKI
LEKI invented trekking poles back in 1974, today it’s difficult to think of outdoor life without them. All products are developed and designed together in Kirchheim/Teck, Germany and Tachov, Czech Republic. Poles are manufactured following modern and environmentally friendly processes in LEKI’s own production facility in the Czech Republic.