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Montane X Outside - Get Ready to Rock

We teamed up with Outside in Hathersage for 'Ready to Rock', a community day designed to help climbers make the transition from indoor climbing to outdoor trad....Read more

Why The Spine?

Before the miles, before the checkpoints, before the highs and lows of the trail, every runner arrives with a reason. For some, it’s unfinished business. For others, it’s curiosity, ambition,...Read more

Bat Out of Hell, E5 6a - by Jesse Dufton

There are climbs that test your strength, and then there are climbs that strip everything back to something far more fundamental. This was the latter. A route that demanded precision...Read more

But Nothing is Lost, E12 7a - by Franco Cookson

This is the story of that climb. The doubt, the persistence, and the moment where preparation, risk, and instinct finally aligned on one of the boldest UK trad ascents of a generation. ...Read more

Portaledge Living on El Capitan, Golden Gate - Dougal Tavener

There is a specific kind of silence that only exists two thousand feet up a sea of granite. It's not the absence of sound, but the presence of space, miles...Read more

Jenny Tough - Fastpacking in the Fann Mountains

Fastpacking across mountain ranges has become a bit of an obsession of mine. My favourite type of scrolling is map scrolling, where I zoom in and out of the earth,...Read more

Tasha Brook: Kamen XT Review

Tasha Brook gives us her take on our new Kamen XT down insulated jacket. Working at high altitude, delivering medical care, rescue capability, and preventative safety to Lenin Peak, staying...Read more

Dougal Tavener: Adventures Beyond the Map

Every year, as spring melts the last snow from the Alps, Dougal Tavener heads north, far beyond the familiar peaks of Europe, to Svalbard. For him, late April and May...Read more

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