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Commuter Cam Competition

An Alpkit comp in collaboration with Singletrack. Up for grabs is a years subscription to Singletrack magazine, but that’s not all.. how are you going to take your copy into work? with an Alpkit PooterPod of course!

We want to see your commute to work; capture it in stills, moving images and drop a sweet soundtrack over the top, then upload it to our You Tube Commuter Cam Group for everyone to see.

For full entry details please visit:
http://www.alpkit.com/comps/commutercam

Saab Salomon Results

27th place for Team Alpkit in this years Saab Salomon MountainX Race. It looks like the guys had a tough final day after an excellent fourth day in which they placed 19th in the canoeing and 12th in the trail run. Not bad at all for their first MountainX Race, especially considering they went into the event with limited canoeing experience. I am sure the guys will post about their experience soon on their blog. Well done guys!

Saab Salomon Mountain Race Day 3

A less aerobic day for the teams as they explored the vertical rock of the Savoie Mont Blanc region. The field was split into two groups; one engaging in a vertical descent down the Magland Canyon while the other raced up the Col de la Colombiere cliff faces. It was to be a day mixing canyoning, via ferrata and climbing, but of course no MountainX Race day would be complete without a 13km trail run! More progress for the Alpkit team moving into 24th and within just one place of Team Inov-8, great news considering their relative inexperience on this kind of terrain.

Saab Salomon Mountain Race Day 2

Day 2 of the Saab Salomon took our intrepid team off their feet and onto the saddle. The first MTB stage involved nearly 2000m of elevation gain over 46km through the scenic hills surrounding Beaufort, but it is unlikely the guys will have had much time to take in the views. The teams stayed on their bikes for the next stage, a 32km ride over the Col des Aravis from Flumet to Thones which also hosted the 10km evening trail run. It was a good day for Matt, Phil and Oli who had moved up to 26 overall by the end of the day.

Saab Salomon MountainX Race Day 1

With the warmup trail run out of the way the Saab Salomon got underway with the first of its mountain stages. This was always going to be testing new ground for the Alpkit Mnt-X team who come from a strong background in Triathalon. Underestimating conditions on the glacier the team arrived at the finish line feeling somewhat dehydrated and in 26th position for the stage. The day didn’t finish there, it was followed by a 6km trail run; more familiar ground for the team and placing them in 28th overall. There are some race reports on the SleepMonsters website.

Saab Salomon MountainX Race Day 0

Matt, Phil and Oli otherwise known as Alpkit Team Mnt-X are currently in Bourg St Maurice for this years Saab Salomon MountainX Race. The first stage took place yesterday evening with a short 10km trail run including 695m of height gain. The team is nicely placed in joint 14th place, and with more running stages today they will be pushing hard to gain some time on the leaders.

Independent Best 50 Camping Essentials

We have known for a long time that a Fat Airic sleeping mat is the closest we are going to get to a four poster bed in a tent. So we were chuffed to find Simon Usborne listed ol’ Fatty as one of the best 50 camping essentials in the Independent newspaper. The only thing we were surprised about was that he did not mention our LiteStix.. I mean who goes camping these days without a pair of over engineered chopsticks??

For more from the horses mouth check the Independent Newspaper The 50 Best Camping Essentials article.

Alpkit chat with Trail’s Graham Thompson

Nick and Jim have an informal chat with Trail Magazines Graham Thompson while at European Outdoor in Friedrichshafen. You can see the video at Live for the Outdoors.

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