Immediate product recall for Blue Ice Steel Ice Screws. Please see the text for batch numbers affected and what to do if you need to replace your ice screws.

Expedition Event Round Up outlining the free talks, workshops, outdoor professionals and specialist climbing, mountaineering and expedition equipment and advice available at Joe browns and The Climbers Shop.

Can you identify 10 of the best ice axes of all time? This fun quiz also offers a history of how ice axes have evolved from long Alpenstocks for glacier walking to sleek mountaineering axes to compact modular tools for ice climbing.

British Mountain Guide Adrian Nelhams gives tips on keeping your crampons, ice axes and ice screws in good condition ready for winter mountaineering and ice climbing.