Just over a week ago I competed in the 3 Peaks Fell Race. It’s a classic Yorkshire fell race of 24 miles taking in the summits of Pen-Y-Gent, Whernside and […]

On the 1st May, Petzl issued a new pricelist increasing the price of just about all their products. In itself this is nothing unusual given the pound/euro relationshiop and increased […]

The number of sunburnt noses around the office here at Facewest are a testament to the weather that hit us this weekend. Everyone rushed to make the most of the […]

I spent an excellent Easter weekend in Pembroke, climbing until I was so tired I could barely pick up my rucksack.  We arrived quite late on Friday afternoon, but got […]

After one of the most pleasant Easter weekends I can remember it seems a little strange to talk about indoor climbing, however on Friday I took my first opportunity to […]

Easter 2008 was preceded by some of the grimmest weather of the whole winter, this year however things have been entirely different. Over the past few weeks we’ve had some […]

Last weekend Team Facewest took part in the Lake District leg of the Helly Hansen Adventure Challenge Series. This was a multisport race or short adventure race whatever you want […]

Just back from my winter hols in the French Alps which apart from a great mix of fresh snow and sun also included the ski alpinism race ‘The Pierra Menta‘. […]

Here at Facewest we have been wearing through our finger tips in the past couple of weeks climbing on the local gritstone boulders after work.  With the prospect of 6 […]