Latest Blog Posts

• Base Layer Sale - 21st May
  All AW12 base layers have gone on sale at 25% off.  All base layer older than that has moved to 40% off. Amongst the 40% off items is some Arcteryx Phase AR which is always very popular   [/caption] …
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• Steripen, welcome back. - 20th May
  After a couple of years absence, it's good to welcome Steripen back onto the website. Steripen is a UV water purification system. Principally designed to ensure that clear water does not contain bugs that will make you sick, although a pre filter option is available. A purifier (or…
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• One Happy Vapour-Rise Chappy - 17th May
  Throughout April we were running a competition to win a Rab VR Lite Jacket. Our lucky winner was Gerry McLachlan from Edinburgh, who's sent us this pic of him wearing his new top out running in the Pentland Hills. His thoughts? "Love the jacket!". Want your own? We have…
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• New La Sportiva Shoes - 14th May
  Two new off road running shoes for this summer. The first is the next generation of the hugely popular Crosslite, called the C-Lite 2.  Lighter than the original but broadly similar, which is a good thing. …
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• Ski Touring the Western Bernese Alps - 08th May
  I took a week off at the end of April to go ski touring in Switzerland. After a bit of weather-indecision we settled on the western Bernese Alps tour and headed for Les Diablerets, a small ski town to the east of Lake Geneva. Getting to the start of…
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• Lowe Apine Packs - 07th May
  Added to our pack range for Summer 2013 we now have Lowe Alpine.  We have 8 packs in total, 4 from the Flite range aimed at runners and gram counters and 4 from the Alpine Range for mountaineering. My two favourites are the Flite 28, which should be perfect…
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• Mammut Summer 13 - 25th Apr
  We have received and added to the site our Summer 2013 range from Mammut. We have the Trion Light range and Trion Alpinist range. Great mountaineering features with the choice of light or tough and burly. Also the Neon Light 12 pack for multi pitch trad climbing. Of course we…
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• Rab VR Lite Jacket Review - 19th Apr
  I have used a full weight Vapour-Rise pull-on in the past for various winter outings from Mountain Biking to Winter Climbing in the Lakes and Wales, so I was quite excited to see how the VR Lite jacket performed in warmer conditions. Vapour-Rise lite aims to give a…
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• Last Gasp of Winter – Lakes Skiing & Climbing - 12th Apr
  Over the last few weeks I've been pretty keen to make the most of the last bit of winter and have taken advantage of some great conditions and beautiful weather in the Lake District. I kicked it off on Good Friday with a quick ski trip. A friend had…
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• Rab VR Lite Pull-On Review - 12th Apr
  Kevin's written this excellent review of his Rab VR Lite Pull-On. I've been looking for an alternative to a micro fleece for my 2 day Mountain Marathon running events for some time......and now I've found it. This is a very versatile,…
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