The essential 14 for tourist-mountain climbing
If you’re heading up one of the more popular tourist-ridden mountains this summer where the paths are reasonably well marked, you might be wondering what to take. After all, many …
Climbing
Foot Care for Climbers
Rock climbers, like all athletes, rely on healthy feet. Climbers often wear tight climbing shoes and use their toes to grip the rock, and it is important that their feet …
What to have in your first aid kit when hiking/climbing
After going on long hikes/climbs lately I decided that it would be prudent for me to start carrying a first aid kit on me. I’ve read some horror stories about …
Advice: purchasing Boots for Skiing, Walking or Climbing.
BREAKING IN All footwear requires some amount of breaking in before reaching optimum comfort, therefore we would expect your new footwear to feel firm, snug, perhaps a little stiff, but …
Kit guide – climbing UK hills and mountains
It never ceases to amaze me just how unprepared hikers can be when going up some of the UK’s biggest hills and mountains. Yet a busy day can see mountain …
Climbing at Bowles Rock
Location Bowles Rocks or Bowles outdoor centre is located just off the Crowborough to Tunbridge Wells road. Heading north east out of Crowborough on the A26 Eridge Road turn left …
Blizzard Survivor Tells His Story in the New Book, ‘Behind the Mountain’
Blizzard Survivor Tells His Story in the New Book, ‘Behind the Mountain’- Nationwide Book Launch From April Through June, 2004 Nick Williams, a former Marine and CEO, survived a blizzard …
Make your own plastic climbing holds
I’m sure you’ve all read articles telling you how easy and cheap it is to make wooden climbing holds. You just take a piece of wood, carve or hack and …
Climbing – when the next placement is out of reach
When aid climbing, it’s often necessary to “top step” in your aiders or etriers in order to reach the next placement. If the next placement is just out of reach, …
Passive Piton Placements
Pitons are being used less today as climbers become more aware of the need to climb with a minimal impact on the environment, even aid climbers are leaving their pegs …