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On the 30th August 2025, me and my partner Liv arrived in Seathwaite on the first of our 9 day Lake District road trip. Bad weather was coming in later...
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Rab Vapour-Rise Summit Quick Look
When Rab told us there would be 3 jackets in the new Vapour Rise range I knew I would have to try them all. So here is my take on...
Will Smith |
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Green Friday: Hills 2 Oceans litter picking.
This year we have teamed up with the British Mountaineering Council’s Hills 2 Oceans litter picking campaign to offer an alternative Black Friday for our customers. The Hills 2 Oceans...
Will Smith |
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Rab Women's Elevation Pants Review
Why do walking trousers for ladies never fit? Let me tell you reader, I have had endless battles with walking trousers over the years. It’s just like jeans, impossible to...
Will Smith |
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Why Choose Synthetic Insulation?
Synthetic insulation is an alternative to natural down feathers used in insulated jackets. It has several advantages over down feathers that we will go into below. Synthetic insulation has for...
Will Smith |
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Mammut Airbag 3.0 System Safety Check
Mammut are committed to the safety of their products, as such they continually assess their products to find potential improvements and identify problems. Unfortunately they have identified an issue with...
Will Smith |
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Safety Notice Reminder for Ortovox AVABAG Cartridges
Earlier this year Ortovox announced as precautionary safety notice on their AVABAG Carbon cartridges. They established that a small number of cartridges from a specific production period may lose pressure....
Will Smith |
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PIEPS DSP Sport & Pro Transceivers
There has been some online discussion in the US about the mode selection switch of some PIEPS Transcievers. PIEPS have addressed these concerns and engaged in further testing of their...
Will Smith |
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Rab VR Ridgeline Jacket Review
I’ve had my Ridgeline about a week now and used it for a couple of runs and bike rides. As a long time user of Vapour Rise I knew how...
Will Smith |
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Stanage Edge VS Challenge
The Where: Stanage Edge the spiritual home of UK climbing for people who haven’t been to Almscliff. The What: All 36 starred VS routes in the 1989 Stanage Edge guide...
Will Smith |
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What is Rab Vapour-Rise
Rab Vapour-Rise clothing has been around for a number of years now, building a fanatical following in the outdoors community. If you are one of these fanatics, you know what...
Will Smith |
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Patagonia - Fair Trade Certified sewn clothing
Patagonia have been pioneering responsibly made clothing for a number of years now. Our Winter 2020 range reflects this commitment with the largest range of Fair Trade Certified sewn clothing...
Will Smith |
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Barryvox and Barryvox S Firmware upgrade 3.4
Mammut are constantly working on ways to improve their transceiver range so their firmware updates are a fairly common occurrence. They do not mean that there is a problem with...
Will Smith |
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New GORE-TEX Pro 2.0
This Winter our top clothing brands have updated their tough waterproof mountaineering shells with new GORE-TEX PRO Shell 2.0. PRO Shell has been GORE-TEX’s top end waterproof membrane since 2012....
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