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EXPED Adventurer 2020 Competition – £1000 of lightweight backpacking kit up for grabs!
Have your say... From our base here in France, we’re getting an alternative perspective on what is happening in the UK at the moment, and the differences between the approaches of the Johnson government and governments on the Continent – and before that, in Asia – couldn’t be starker. Whereas here we are on lockdown, being confined to our homes ...
COVID-19: A message from the Continent
Have your say... The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) has launched a major new campaign to promote the health of the UK’s wild moorland areas in order to combat climate change. Entitled The Climate Project, the initiative aims to support the work of Moors for the Future, an organisation which, since 2003, has developed and delivered a landscape scale programme of ...
BMC announces major climate initiative
The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) has launched a major new campaign to promote the health of the UK’s wild moorland areas in order to combat climate change
Patagonia Bristol store opens for business (and climate activism)
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 ...
Book Review: ‘Crack Climbing’ by Pete Whittaker
Will Harris reviews Pete Whittaker's superb new guide on the art and science of crack climbing
Fjällräven Classic comes to the UK
Have your say... JON GUPTA – THE REWARD JON GUPTA – THE REWARD Jon’s love for big expeditions started at 18 in the jungles of Belize and has since taken him to the Himalayas, Alaska, The Andes, Africa, The Alps as well as all over the UK, with a particular love for Scottish winter mountaineering. In 2012, Jon became the ...
Patagonia Round-up – New kit, New campaigns, New green deal
We popped into sunny - ha, just kidding - Manchester last week to catch up with Patagonia’s latest kit and initiatives, notably the new Action Works campaign and drink coffee from a re-useable coffee mug...
Alpkit to donate 2% of Black Friday sales to good causes
Alpkit has announced that it will be doubling its donation to the Alpkit Foundation for the duration of the Black Friday sales period. All week, 2% of every sale will go towards helping as many people as possible get outdoors, to ‘go nice places, do good things’ whatever their circumstances.