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Outdoors Show and coLAB winners

We have just got back from a manic weekend at the NEC in Birmingham.. tired but happy. Our Jeanius water resistant jeans were a big hit amongst show visitors, although that may have been something to do with Dan and Pete following people around with water pistols! Our new Isolwool trekking socks arrived just a day late, but a mad dash back to Ilkeston saw them on our stand by Saturday morning at just £15 for three pairs.

Our coLAB Award provided a welcome attraction for many show visitors. This years winner was Kevin Beeden (AKA Captain Paranoia) with his Squeezebox stove. In second, and not too many votes behind was John Martin and his White Out Torch, and in third was Simon Masters with his SOS sleeping mat. We would like to thank all the participants for the commitment and energy they demonstrated over the 3 days.

We are back to the NEC today to break down the stand, but we will put up a full report as soon as things get a but more settled in the office.

Alp socks at the Outdoors Show

We have just come back from a visit to see our new Alpkit socks coming off the production line. Despite Col stalling the machine by getting too close with his lens we should have enough ready to bring to the Outdoors Show. Our new IsolWool trekking socks will be available in 4 sizes and sold as packs of 3 for £15. Full specs and photos to come soon!

An Alpsock on one of the funky machines working 24/7 to bring you the socks for the Outdoors Show

PipeDream sleeping bags - new batch now online

The latest batch of PipeDream bags is now online. The PipeDream is our lightest range of down sleeping bags and there are 3 fill weights available; PD400, PD600 and PD800. More info can be found on the PipeDream page.

Shaggy completes the Iditarod

Alpkit single speed rider John Ross aka Shaggy has just completed the Iditarod Trail Invitational - a 350 mile ride across frozen Alaska. Shaggy not only survived pushing his bike through waste deep snow and -30 degree temperatures, but came home in an incredible 4th place. Shaggy took with him some Alpkit development kit; a new AlpineDream sleeping bag, frame bag and Epic bivvy bag. We hope to have Shaggy, his rather special bike, and his Alpkit devkit with us at the Outdoors Show on the 27 - 29 March in Birmingham.

Read more on the Iditarod website.

C.W.I.F this weekend

The Climbing Works in Sheffield is running it second International Bouldering Festival this weekend (7th March). We have rounded up enough people for a couple of teams including Ashleigh Naysmith, Beth Monks and Dan Bradley.

More info on the Climbing Works website.

Sheffield Film Festival 09

The Sheffield Adventure Film Festival kicks off tomorrow at the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield. The programme includes films, speakers, a photo exhibition and a party at the Climbing Works. Speakers include Chris Sharma, Ron Fawcett, Adele Pennington, Robert Mads Anderson, Mick Fowler, Jerry Moffatt, Niall Grimes, John Arran, Dave Birkett, Zoe Hart, Alastair Lee & Gaz Parry..

More information can be found on the ShAFF website.

New XL bivvy bags in stock

Our extra large Hunka bivvy bags are now in stock and available online for £50. For more information click here.

Filet down vest in stock

Well what do you know. Just as we go out of stock of Filo and our new stock of Filet down vests come in the weather turns a little warmer! Filet is available online in both mens and womens sizes.

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