Sheffield Round Walk: a 15 mile loop in the city
Hati on walking the Sheffield Round Walk
Top Ten Travel, Nature and Adventure Books
Below are my favourite top ten travel, nature and adventure books from the last 11 months of lockdown. I read a lot anyway but the lockdowns have enabled me to fully indulge myself and revisit some favourite books and find some new and delightfully inspiring reads. All of them have had me itching to get […]
Consolidating for your assessment during a lockdown
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 (dizzying!). How do you consolidate for a Mountain Training assessment under these conditions? Whilst there’s no substitute for immersing yourself in your activity when preparing […]
A trip to the supermarket: finding connections to nature during lockdown
How are you staying connected with nature and the outdoors during the lockdown? It takes me 10 minutes to walk to the supermarket. Usually I’d plug into a podcast: it’s an unrewarding traipse down litter-lined main roads which inspires in me nothing but a hankering for expansive moorland , tumbling gritstone edges and squelching beneath […]
3 Gear Upgrades for Enjoying Wet Winters
Hati shares her gear upgrades and her three new items of waterproof clothing for actually enjoying the cold and the wet in preparation for her Hill and Moorland Leader assessment. Being more of a runner and climber I’ve always been embarrassingly minimalist when it comes to waterproofs, but last year I spent more time out […]
Review of Alpkit Compass
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 as a teenager learning to navigate in the hills and mountains. Then subsequently all throughout my career as an Mountaineering and Rock Climbing Instructor; on […]
Alex’s Top 5 Best Items of Gear in 2020
A review of the best gear I’ve used in 2020. I haven’t bought much equipment this year because of COVID, so the gear mentioned below is not necessarily new kit but are the items that have been most frequently worn in 2020. All the items have been well used and tested in variety of tough […]
Two Nature Books for Leaders
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 about the environment or about any flora or fauna. It wasn’t until five years later while attending my MIA training and then assessment did I […]
Technical Advice
Beyond the Edge Ltd have been providing technical and expert advice to a variety of outdoor companies and businesses for over twenty years and we are delighted to be listed on the new Association of Mountaineering Instructors register of technical Advisors. We offer advice on mountaineering, indoor and outdoor climbing, hillwalking, abseiling and outdoor pursuits […]
Patagonia Stand Up Shorts Review
With this lovely spell of sunny weather at the beginning of April I decided to treat myself to a new pair of shorts. I wanted something not too technical that I could potter about in and maybe use for some rock climbing and bouldering so the Patagonia Stand Up shorts seemed a good choice. I’ve […]