Best climbing hangboard: Fingerboard training tools for beginners to experts
As you’ll have noticed up your local bouldering wall, there are a plethora of climbing hangboard or ‘fingerboards’ bolted to walls of climbing gyms…
Montane Icarus jacket review: A winter warmer
The Montane Icarus has a story to tell. It might look like a standard issue high-street micro baffle jacket, but there’s a very good…
Best Climbing Apps: Outdoor and training apps for iOS and Android
In spite of there being thousands of apps for Apple and Android devices, there are very few indeed that are actually helpful outdoors, where…
Smith PivLock Arena review: Sunglasses for outdoor heroes
With that low autumn sunshine splashing into your eyes as you train outdoors, there’s still time to snap up some sunnies, and these outdoor…
How to lead trad better – Eight top climbing tips
Trad lead climbing is a tricky game balancing the pure physical climbing with the need to stop and handle a whole host of paraphernalia…
Pacsafe Venturesafe X30 Backpack Review
When is a rucksack not just a rucksack? When it’s Pacsafe, and you’re on the road, we’ve discovered. Check out our PacSafe Venturesafe X30…
Primus Micron Trail Stove Review
Primus make a good few stoves, and have strong pedigree on this front – so what’s this new lightweight gas effort all about? Read…
Elliot Brown Bloxworth Watch Review
On one level, writing an Elliot Brown Bloxworth review is an impossible task. A British brand with excellent credentials, the company’s credo is ‘Built to…
Climbing tips: Are you ready for the summer?
Winter is (just) still with us in the mountains but as the daffodils sprout, our thoughts should be turning to the lighter and warmer…
Best outdoor gadgets 2017: The hottest climbing tech this year
Every January the outdoor industry converges on a few trade shows to swap bad jokes, banter and get a flavour of the best outdoor…