Good ideas, tips and thoughts from professional mountaineers
Luke recently attended our Adventure Travel and Expedition Photography course. He has kindly written an extended review with his thoughts on what led him to book the course…
Do I enrol …
Joe shares advice on how to choose the right nuts, cams, slings and karabiners for your first trad lead rack.
First Trad Rack
With the enormous range of climbing equipment being manufactured …
In preparation for the climbing season ahead, Hati talks us through how to clean your cams for rock climbing.
Pumped out of your mind, slightly regretting your choice of warmup and …
Having completed her RCI assessment just after lockdown no. 1, Hati shares her tips for blowing away the cobwebs and getting back into the habit of consolidation.
Is this how …
In over 20 years of adventure photojournalism, Alex has accumulated a wealth of experience and a fair few stories from behind the camera. In this series of blog posts, Alex …
On every Rock Climbing Instructor or Lowland, Hill and Moorland or Mountain Leader course at some point someone will ask the perfectly reasonable question ‘should I carry a knife?’ The …
Do you enjoy or endure night navigation? Hati shares how she built her confidence and discovered the freedom of going solo on the moors by night.
(For more general advice on …
These days the only navigational decisions I make are in my local supermarket and the only time I’ve found myself at altitude has been on a stepladder in my attic …
This is a review of the Alpkit Compass, a cheaper alternative to the popular Silva Type 4.
I’ve been using Silva compasses consistently throughout my life in the outdoors. First …
I was recently thinking about my Mountain Leader assessment (way back in the mists of time) and that I have no recollection of at any point being asked any questions …