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Wild Country Zero Friends - First Look Review
Wild Country's last attempt at a micro cam was back in around 2002, and included the smallest camming device ever made, with the tiny purple one fitting into cracks as small as 5.5mm. Generally it wasn't as nice as an Alien, but it was more readily available to UK based climbers. In terms of...
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Christmas ordering times
Christmas ordering and returns UK orders: place your order before 2pm on Monday 23rd December and choose Next Day Delivery to receive your order before Christmas. To use our free delivery option, you must order before 2pm on Friday 20th December 2019. Royal Mail will aim to deliver anything sent... -
Fjällräven Bergtagen - more than just a backpack
When someone mentions Fjällräven, the first thing people usually think of is the square, brightly coloured backpacks with the little foxes: the Kånken. For a long time that is how I thought of the brand too, but they are so much more than that, and they wanted to tell me why...
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Winterfest 2019
!Event update! Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the Winterfest event will not be running as advertised this weekend. We're really disappointed, but although the gear testing event and the lecture will not be going ahead, we will still be offering the 20% off discounts as advertised in the shop this... -
FutureLight: The North Face in Zermatt
In September 2018 Dan, our North Face representative, called to say that he had a great opportunity for my brother and me. He wasn’t wrong! James and I were invited to the launch of an exciting new fabric technology called FutureLight which The North Face had been working on for...
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Two out of three ain’t bad - expeditions in Mongolia
A popular cliché of a decade or so ago was that you can’t step in the same river twice. Although from a distance it might look the same, the water, vegetation, animal life, state of the banks and so on have changed. This is also true in mountains; you can’t...
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Peaks, Passes and Glacier Glasses
The summer of 2019 was my fourth consecutive season climbing and trekking in the Karakoram and overall my 13th trip to the mountains of Pakistan since my first visit way back in 1987. You’d be right in guessing that I like the place, who wouldn’t? If you like mountains and...
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Outside Crag Clean Up 2019
The annual Crag Clean Up is back It's that time of year again! Let's all go out and give our crags, hills and woods a slightly belated spring clean! For the second year running, we're teaming up with the BMC and Patagonia, who are laying on a barbecue and some spot prizes... -
Blood, Sweat and Smears
Gary Gibson: Blood, Sweat and Smears
Book Tour
Outside Café, Thursday 13th June 2019 19.30PLEASE NOTE: tickets will not be sent out to you. They will be reserved for you at the door on the night.
Gary Gibson is a prolific climber well-known throughout the UK for his new routing – now approaching 5000 (yes, five thousand!) 1st ascents. This is a brave and honest book because Gary has been involved in more than his fair share of controversy over the years - guaranteed to be an entertaining evening.
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Book launch: Tony Howard - Quest into the Unknown
Tony Howard: Quest into the Unknown - my life as a climbing nomad
Book Launch
Outside Café, 24th April 2019 19.30Tony Howard rose to fame in 1965 as a member of a group of young climbers from northern England who made the first British ascent of Norway's Troll Wall. He went on to design the modern sit harness, now used universally by every climber in the world, and founded the company Troll Climbing Equipment.