The Trek & Mountain team has just arrived back from the ISPO trade fair in Munich where, along with sub-zero temperatures, we discovered a whole raft of exciting new launches and announcements of trekking and mountaineering gear that we’ll all get to see later in the year. Over three days we visited over 40 different companies’ stands and checked out …
Outdoor industry heads to ISPO Munich
This week the outdoor industry – Trek & Mountain included – heads to Munich, Germany, for the massive ISPO trade show which takes place from 29th January to 1st February. With over 2,000 exhibitors from the sporting goods industry attending, the show represents a great opportunity to find out about the products and styles that will be hitting the shops …
Karrimor continue Alpiniste tradition
Karrimor have announced two new technical packs bearing the Alpiniste name which first came to prominence in the 1970s. At the time, the company had appointed the late, great Scottish mountaineer Dougal Haston (of Annapurna, Eiger and Everest fame) as technical advisor, and one of the fruits of his involvement was the purple ‘Haston Alpiniste’ which was used by the …
Crux AK37 review
Jon Gupta tries out a minimalist backpack ideally suited to climbing, scrambling and mountaineering…
Scarpa Jorasses Pro GTX review
The Alps provides the perfect testing ground for Scarpa’s latest hi-tech mountaineering boots