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Mountain News, Gear Reviews & Expert Advice

Alex’s Top 5 Best Items of Gear in 2019

Alex
1 year ago

A review of the best gear I’ve used in 2019. All the items have been well tested in variety of tough conditions.

Mountain Equipment Tupilak 45

I’ve owned a lot of …

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Built to Send C1 Chalk Bag

Alex
1 year ago

There isn’t very much to say about chalk bags. You put chalk in, tie them round your waist and go climbing. a chalk bag is a simple item of equipment. …

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Rock climbing in the peak district. A rock climber coils a rope looking over Stanage edge.

Preparing for Less Daylight

Alex
1 year ago

Preparing for Less Daylight

Autumn is a fantastic time to be in the mountains. Colours erupt and flame across the landscape, light softens and shadows lengthen giving contrast and counterpoint to …

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A young lady learning to lead on a Peak District rock climbing course

Master the art of belaying

Harriet Whiteley
1 year ago

Climbers get all the glory. They stand on the podiums,
feature in the climbing films and get the sponsorship deals. But don’t be
fooled; the true art worth mastering is not climbing, …

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Getting into Rock Climbing Outdoors Part 3

Harriet Whiteley
1 year ago

Pulling on

You’ve checked RAD, packed your kit and walked to the crag, finally it’s time to get some real rock climbing done.

Hang on, where are all the holds? Which ones …

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Getting into Rock Climbing Outdoors Part 2

Alex
1 year ago

The law of the crag

You’ve settled on your destination and you’re on the way to the crag. Sorted.

But before you rock up and pull on, make sure your crag etiquette …

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Getting into Rock Climbing Outdoors Part 1

beyondtheedge
1 year ago

Part 1: Couch to crag

Rock Climbing outdoors is incredibly exciting and rewarding, and logistically-speaking there’s a little more to it than climbing at a purpose-built climbing wall. Working out where …

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A range of emergency shelters being experimented with on a Mountain Leader Training course in Snowdonia.

Emergency Shelter Review

Chris Allewell
2 years ago

Emergency Shelter review

The media loves a headline and “The bivy bag probably saved their lives” was a great one provided by Willie Anderson, leader of Cairngorm MRT, following a successful …

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A group practicing night navigation with map and compass

Top tips for night navigation

Chris Allewell
2 years ago

As the nights start to draw in, the chances of having to do some navigation in the dark increase. Far from being something to fear, night navigation can be great …

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Load carrying to Camp 2 on Manaslu in the Nepal himalaya

Expedition base layers

Chris Allewell
2 years ago

So much depends on getting the basics right and in this context the basics are what you wear next to your skin ie your expedition base layers. On an expedition …

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History

For over twenty years Beyond the Edge has trained climbers, walkers and mountaineers. We are one of the UK’s most experienced providers of Mountain Training courses including the Lowland Leader, Hill and Moorland Leader, Mountain Leader, Climbing Wall Instructor and the Rock Climbing Instructor Awards. We also deliver the Rock Climbing Skills and Hill and Mountain Skills schemes from Mountain Training. Additionally, we run courses for the BMC for both clubs and individuals.

Based in Sheffield it is run by Alex & Chris who each have over 25 years of mountaineering experience, from the famous gritstone of their local edges to the 8000m peaks of the Himalaya.

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