Six Top Tips for Preparing for Less Daylight Autumn is a fantastic time to be in the hills and mountains. Colours erupt and flame across the landscape, light softens and shadows lengthen giving contrast and counterpoint to valleys and hollows brimming with mist. The onset of winter makes the fleeting, shorter days seem all the…
Crack climber extraordinaire Pete Whittaker and the crack climbing company Wideboyz have very kindly given Beyond the Edge a set of their new Master Jam Crack Gloves. These will be available try out and use on our Rock Climbing Courses. Traditionally climbers would tape up their hands for protection when climbing long and difficult jamming…
Platypus Quickdraw Water Filter Long Term Review I’ve always struggled to drink enough water while I’m out working in the hills or on the crags. There is only so much you can practically carry and on hot days it never seems to last. This issue is particularly acute on Mountain Leader expeditions or on my…
The BMC Access & Conservation Trust sponsored Wildfire Walk fundraisers raised an incredible £11,146 to protect and restore the Peak District from wildfire. The 18km Wildfire Walk on Sat 30 May from Hathersage was a satellite event from the BMC Big Walking Weekend (29-31 May in Edale). Thirty walkers were dressed brightly in ‘fire’ colours…
Birdex Smartphone App Anyone who is revising for any of the Mountain Training leadership awards and especially for Lowland Leader, Hill and Moorland Leader or Mountain Leader knows that they have to learn a certain amount of fauna and flora. Consequently here at Beyond the Edge we try and recommend various helpful resources including books,…
Scottish Winter 2026 Photo Gallery Here is a selection of some of the photos taken on our 2026 Scottish Winter courses. It’s been a great winter season so far, with plenty of snow on the mountains. We still have some late season availability on our courses if you fancy a bit of Scottish winter ice…
Toubkal Winter Mountaineering Kerry reflects on her highlights from our Toubkal expedition last December. Our next available expeditions are Saturday 3 – Saturday 10 January 2026 and Sat 12 – Sat 19 December 2026. Find out more here. For me the riad (hotel) in Imlil was a highlight of the trip, as where you’re…
Yes, another ‘warming up for climbing’ article. No, we’re not going to give you a prescriptive list of all the things you must absolutely do to warm up for the best climbing session ever, but hopefully you will finish reading this with a few ideas on what a climbing warm up might look like for…
Sure, smartphones and GPS have altered the way we navigate the hill and mountains, but we reckon a physical map, a compass and your brain are still the most useful navigation tools there are. Hati discusses why… As my family will happily tell you, my hillwalking career didn’t get off to the best start… Early…
Back in the summer Alex ran a course on techniques and rigging for climbing photography, and participants were kind enough to share their photos with us to pop in a blog. The course teaches skills and techniques to safely get into the best position for taking climbing photos, as well as the photographic technicalities of…
Alex and I have been trying out a new newsletter with the vague title ‘cool stuff we’ve found around the internet’. We thought we’d share some highlights from the last few editions as a blog, but if you would like it delivered directly to your inbox you can sign up here. Field Recordings Podcast Hollow…
Many of us enjoy getting outdoors and leaving our screens behind, so it seems a bit strange to be writing a blog post about phone apps and how useful our phones are out in the hills. However, whilst I’m all for a break from instagram doom-scrolling, phones do have other handy functions that help us…
