With winter approaching and some snow in the alps now seems like the perfect time to recount my ski touring trip in the Bernese Oberland last year. Day 1 After […]
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New Barryvox Transceivers – First Look
Here’s a quick look and a quick test of both the new avalanche transceivers from Mammut. We’ll be doing a full outdoor test with them both soon so keep an […]
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Base Layer Guide
We stock a pretty big range of base layers and with good reason: Base layers are probably the single most important part of your layering system when it comes to […]
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New Mammut Transceivers
For the winter 2017/18 season Mammut are releasing 2 new transceivers designed to replace the Barryvox Pulse and Barryvox Element. The Pulse has become something of an industry standard for […]
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Pro Review – Arc’teryx Beta LT
Climbing Gear Reviews take a look at the new and revised iconic Beta LT hardshell from Arc’teryx – is it still a versatile, iconic mountain shell? Pros Lighter Brilliant hood […]
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Suunto Spartan Trainer Wrist HR – A lot of watch for your money
The Suunto Spartan Trainer Wrist HR is Suunto’s latest addition to their training watch range, and their latest attempt at the world record for longest product name in the world […]
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Review – Patagonia Better Sweater
After my trusty Mountain Equipment fleece finally gave up (the zip stopped working) after pretty much daily use for 7 years I’ve had to find a replacement. I opted for […]
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Patagonia’s Latest Offerings
You might be noticing a theme on the blog at the moment, it’s that time of year when all the new stuff for autumn and winter gets released… so here’s […]
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New from Rab this Autumn / Winter
Check out our pick of the new products from Rab this season… Kinder Smock The Rab Kinder Smock is a classic down smock originating in the early ’90’s. Now it […]