Buyers Guide To Sleeping Mats
Expert advice and top tips on how to choose a sleeping mat for your camping, wild camping, backpacking, bivvy, bothy and expedition adventures. Learn about warmth ratings, lengths, widths and extra features like pillow locks all designed to get you the best nights sleep. Don’t buy a sleeping mat before reading this buyers guide!
Buyers Guide to Trail Running Shoes
We have a huge range of trail running, fell running and mountain running shoes for men and women from Scarpa, La Sportiva and VJ. We also sell a great range of socks, gaiters, spikies and spares for all of your ultra trail running event needs. Come and chat to us if you are running the Lakeland 50, Lakeland 100, The Spine Race, Mountain Goat Circuit or Lunar Round.
Waterproof Fabrics Are Changing - Here’s What You Need To Know….
There are big changes happening in the world of waterproof clothing. They're a long time coming and are great news for the environment BUT we will all need to learn how to use and maintain the new technologies so we can enjoy hill waling, backpacking, trail running, hiking, climbing and mountaineering.
Buyers Guide to Helmets
Buyers Guide to Helmets gives top tips and advice on fitting and choosing a helmet for safety and protection while rock climbing, mountaineering, alpine climbing, sport climbing, trad climbing and indoor climbing at a climbing wall.
Buyers Guide To Expedition Food
Great advice on how to choose freeze dried meals for backpacking and expeditions.
Buyers Guide To Water Treatment
Learn the difference between water filters, water purifiers, UV and chemical treatments so you can enjoy safe drinking and cooking water while travelling, hiking, backpacking, camping, trekking, and on expedition.
Buyers Guide To Baselayers
Top tips on how to buy baselayer garments and wicking underwear as part of your technical outdoor clothing system. Learn how to wash and care for them, what is the difference between synthetic and wool and how these fabrics perform while you are hiking, camping, climbing and mountaineering.
Buyers guide to Ropes
Advice on how to choose a rope for rock climbing and mountaineering either indoors at the climbing wall or outdoors on the mountain crags.
Buyers Guide to Carabiners
All you need to know about choosing carabiners for rock climbing indoors, outdoors, mountaineering and alpinism. We look at shapes, strengths, styles and even colour including some great tips.
Buyers Guide to Tents
Information and advice on what to think about when choosing a tent for camping, backpacking, fast and light adventures and mountaineering expeditions.