With Fjällräven Classic events cancelled due to Covid-19, Fjällräven have launched an immersive, digital series of online trekking events…
Patagonia Bristol store opens for business
Have your say… “The demand for clinics has increased in recent years, and to ensure all participants have an equal opportunity to secure tickets for their chosen clinics, a new lottery ballot system will be introduced this year,” the official Arc’teryx press release says. “Lottery sign-up will be open from March 10-17th, with registration access confirmed on March 19th. Those …
Arc’teryx Alpine Academy lottery announced
Have your say… Vertical cracks can be found on routes on almost all rock types, but pure parallel-sided cracks provide a technical challenge and demand such a different set of movement skills that ascending these style of routes has become an almost distinct sub-sport within rock climbing. Pete Whittaker, a Sheffield-based climber who grew up on the Peak District’s gritstone …
Kendal Mountain Festival 2019: Tickets on sale now!
Have your say… This morning, 29th October, at 8:58 local time, Nepali mountaineer Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja summited Shishapangma in Tibet and in doing so set a new record of 189 days for climbing all of the 8000m peaks. This morning, 29th October, at 8:58 local time, Nepali mountaineer Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja summited Shishapangma in Tibet and in doing so set …
Discover the backcountry with Ellis Brigham
Have your say… Leading Swedish outdoor brand, Fjällräven, has announced grants totalling 120,000€ to three projects concerned with the outdoors and environment, in the first round of awards made via its Arctic Fox Initiative. Leading Swedish outdoor brand, Fjällräven, has announced grants totalling 120,000€ to three projects concerned with the outdoors and environment, in the first round of awards made …
Kendal Mountain Festival 2019 tour dates announced
This year, Kendal Mountain Festival is heading to twenty venues across the UK…
Kendal Mountain Festival film award winners announced
Have your say… When Lowe Alpine launched its new range of Altus climbing packs in the Austrian Tirol region of the Alps, it arguably missed a trick. The packs – tested here – are pretty much ideal for hut-to-hut mountain trekking as is the Tirol region, but while we were based at the scenic Erfurter Hut perched high above the …
Countdown to Kendal Mountain Festival 2018
Have your say… Here it is – the trailer for this year’s Kendal Mountain Festival! This is what trailer director, Dom Bush of Land and Sky Media, says about it: Here it is – the trailer for this year’s Kendal Mountain Festival! This is what trailer director, Dom Bush of Land and Sky Media, says about it: “Kendal Mountain Festival …
Discover backcountry skiing with Ellis Brigham
Have your say… You’d be excused for thinking this was a blog about Iceland, with a title of ‘Land of Rock and Fire’, but no, it’s a Chamonix and alpine conditions update! You’d be excused for thinking this was a blog about Iceland, with a title of ‘Land of Rock and Fire’, but no, it’s a Chamonix and alpine conditions …
Tickets for Women’s Trad Festival on-sale now
Have your say… The morning of Sunday 30th April 2017 will stick in many peoples’ minds for a long time. As the mountaineering world woke up to the awful news that one of its brightest lights had perished while acclimatising on Nuptse, climbers and non-climbers alike took to social media to express their shock at the loss of one of …
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