Getting into Rock Climbing Outdoors Part 1
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 …
Emergency Shelter Review
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 …
Top tips for night navigation
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 …
Expedition base layers
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 …
Scarpa Ribelle Mountain Tech OD review
Rule number 0.5 in mountaineering is look cool and the reflective piping and orange stripes of the Scarpa Ribelle Mountain Tech OD certainly draw attention to themselves. Whilst the only …
Chris summits on Kyajo Ri
Congratulations to Beyond the Edge Director Chris who has this week summited Kyajo Ri in Nepal.
Chris on the summit of Kyajo Ri in the Nepalese Himalayas
Scrambling in Snowdonia Guidebook Competition
Scrambling In Snowdonia
Cicerone have just released an updated version of their classic guidebook Scrambles in Snowdonia. Being honest, it was desperately needed as guidebooks have moved on and The Gary …
Can Climbing Be Used to Treat Depression?
Alleviating Depression through Climbing
I’m feeling the need to get out on rock. There is an Interesting article here from the American magazine Climbing talking about how rock climbing can be …
Blue Ice Warthog 40L
Blue Ice Warthog is made by a Chamonix valley based company producing niche climbing, mountaineering and skiing products specifically for instructors, Guides and Alpinists.
I used the Blue …
Without A Partner, a film about climbing alone
Pete Whittaker. Photo by Adam Bailes
In November 2016 Pete Whittaker became the first person to solo, all free, Freerider on El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley in less …