International charity WaterAid is calling on walkers and climbers to don their boots and take on the UK’s and Ireland’s best mountains to raise vital funds for some of the world’s poorest people. On Saturday 16 June 2012 the charity’s brand new mountain challenge event, the WaterAid 200, aims to put a team on the top of the 200 best …
Issue 26 – March 2012
Patagonia Steve Razzetti explores the wild and remote Tierra del Fuego, as well as the more frequented Torres Del Paine and Los Glaciares national parks 10 Of The Best… Scottish Winter Ridges Dan Bailey picks out ten of his favourite ridges to climb in winter conditions, with a variety of grades Everest Base Camp Laura Crick gives an account of …
Cocona hiking socks launched
Target Dry have announced the launch of a new range of hiking/trekking socks that use cocona as part of the fabric mix. The Walk Lite and Hike Lite are the first two models in the Xtreme range of socks, with an all-season sock – the Trek Comfort – due later in the year. All models use a blend of merino …
Dragon joins heroes' Kili climb
This morning a team of ex-servicemen wounded in combat are about to push for the summit on Kili, with encouragement from one of their patrons, Duncan Bannatyne. Led by T&M contributors Rhys Jones , MD of RJ7 Expeditions, and guide Jon Gupta, the team is trekking to raise funds for The Pilgrim Bandits, a charity set up by ex-special forces …
Objective: Afghanistan
An international expedition aims to travel through untrekked valleys and attempt several first ascents in the Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan, this summer. The Afghanistan’s Secret Peaks 2012 expedition also aims to raise awareness of the region as a destinations for climbers and trekkers, and generate some positive coverage for the war-torn country. We spoke to Polish climber Malgosia Skowronska, who had …
Win! The Long Hope DVD's
COMPETITION NOW CLOSED – CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS: Ian Wareing – Liverpool, Magnus Dixon – Orkney, Grant Speedy – Reading. We’ve got three copies of the acclaimed climbing movie The Long Hope to be won, and to enter our compo all you need to do is email your name to: [email protected], and we’ll pick winners out of a hat (or …
Marmot London store to open
Spring 2012 will see outdoor manufacturer Marmot launch its second European flagship store at the Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in north east London, situated adjacent to the London Olympic Park. The Marmot store will be on ‘The Street’, an outdoor boulevard that is one of the main access routes through the centre site, and the gateway to the Olympic …
ISPO Munich report, part 3
Welcome to the third and final of our reports from the recent ISPO outdoor trade fair in Munich, where each January the industry gathers to display the latest products that will be appearing in shops over the coming few months. Let’s kick off with Black Diamond who have a number of updates and new products for spring 2012. The Vector …
ISPO Munich report, Part 2
Welcome to the second part of our report from the ISPO outdoor trade fair in Munich, during which we braved sub-zero temperatures and death-by-sauerkraut in order to bring you hot-off-the-press news of the mountain products that will be appearing in shops in the coming months. So let’s start with high-end French brand Millet, of whom high altitude mountaineers will be …
ISPO Munich report, Part 1
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 …