Now that summer seems to have arrived camping is most probably in mind. One of the most important and difficult buys needed for camping is your sleeping bag. With Mountain […]
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Pro Review – Rab Alpha Direct Jacket
Dave Sarkar of Climbing Gear Reviews reviews the Rab Alpha Direct Jacket. I remember reading an Andy Kirkpatrick article a while ago – in it he discussed the attributes of […]
New Products
Exped Sleeping Mats
Exped have been working on making their sleeping mat range a lot easier to understand and this season they seem to have come up with a collection which has a […]
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Pro Review – GriGri+
Dave Sarkar of Climbing Gear Reviews reviews the Petzl GriGri+: A major addition to the iconic Petzl GriGri belay range. GRIGRI+ is an assisted braking device designed for all climbers, […]
How To
How To Choose A Sleeping Mat
We’ve updated our “How To Choose A Sleeping Mat” article to include the latest offerings from Thermarest, Exped and Sea To Summit. If you’re in the market for a new […]
New Products
New Suunto Spartan with wrist heart rate monitoring
The brand new Suunto Spartan Sport wrist HR watch has just landed at Facewest. This is the first time that Suunto have added an optical heart rate monitor to one […]
Trips & Events
On the Haute Route
If you read Stu’s blog post about his Midlayer / Jacket dilemma (I know, the anguish) – click here to read the post – then you’ll recall that he was […]
New Products
Lowe Alpine Packs
After various forays into different types of outdoor gear in recent years, Lowe Alpine have now gone back to just doing what they’ve done so well for so many years […]
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Rab Kinetic Plus Jacket
The new Kinetic Plus Jacket is a superlight stretchy softshell jacket that Rab claim is waterproof. I have been using one for a couple of weeks that Rab have kindly […]