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07 May, 2008
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07 May, 2008
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BUSA No Polo 2008

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07 May, 2008
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Ignoring the bank holiday forecast

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06 May, 2008
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Slacking off

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28 April, 2008
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A Gentleman’s Adventure

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21 April, 2008
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Rev’in it up in the wind.

I picked up a Pyranha Rev last week to ..

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16 April, 2008
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Climbing Works International Festival

An under strength Alpkit team arrived ..

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22 March, 2008
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Ice Ice Baby?

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21 March, 2008
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Skymasters and more

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21 March, 2008
By Bill

Outdoors Show 2008

After a long drive from Teesside we ..

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21 March, 2008
By Nicola

Outdoor Show 2008

The 14-16th March saw the Outdoor show ..

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21 March, 2008
By Beth

SkyMasters Challenge

Hundreds of eyes stared at the looming, ..

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11 March, 2008
By Jenni

Training begins (with Gourdon’s help)

When I first began at Alpkit, I ..

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10 March, 2008
By Nicola

NSRRRRRRRR 2008

This weekend saw the National Student ..

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09 March, 2008
By Kenny

Show build up

It has been a busy week at Alpkit HQ. I ..

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05 March, 2008
By Beth

Summer in February!?

Blue skies and sunshine; it seemed too ..

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02 March, 2008
By Nicola

Biking at Dalby

1st of March saw a sunny dry afternoon ..

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22 February, 2008
By Kenny

Learning to ski

When I first moved to Italy I ..

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18 February, 2008
By alpjim

Gear Testing with the Smiff

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17 February, 2008
By Kenny

A great day out on the Vallee Blanche

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15 February, 2008
By Nick

Sneaking a quick one

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12 February, 2008
By Colin

The Alpkit Bouldering League 07/08

Well the Alpkit Bouldering League has ..

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02 February, 2008
By alpjim

Single Track Awards

Saturday 2nd February saw us travel ..

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28 January, 2008
By Kenny

Weekend of activity

So the weather has been pretty good the ..

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09 January, 2008
By alpjim

Back East

Well here I am again, sitting in the ..

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31 December, 2007
By Kenny

A new year just around the corner

Been struck down with a cold the past ..

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30 December, 2007
By alpjim

Yorkshire Fun

I am extremely lucky to have made some ..

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27 December, 2007
By Kenny

A day salvaged

Today the fine weather returned to the ..

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26 December, 2007
By Kenny

A short trip on my bike

Not having any boxes to deal with my ..

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25 December, 2007
By Kenny

A Christmas Ski

So the shops had finally shut and ..

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25 December, 2007
By Colin

La Wrekin

Well following on from Kenny’s exploits ..

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25 December, 2007
By alpjim

Extreme Filo Testing

Just over 3 years ago I gave up ..

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24 December, 2007
By Kenny

La Fiaccolata

T’was the last Sunday before Christmas. ..

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23 November, 2007
By Nick

Customer service hero wanted

Alpkit needs your help – Customer ..

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07 November, 2007
By alpjim

Four Borders Expedition

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20 September, 2007
By Kenny

A toast to Col and Liz

This weekend Alpkit Col (some of you ..

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01 August, 2007
By Beth

37 degrees and 53 problems

“53 problems?! You have got to be ..

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20 October, 2006
By Colin

A Journey By Bike

Richard and Sarah are currently ..

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30 May, 2006
By Ashleigh

Mello Blocco Air and Energy

Hmm, my first impressions on seeing the ..

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28 November, 2005
By Kenny

A Monks Life

To support our small article on the ..

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10 November, 2005
By Beth

Travelling Monks - Kalymnos

This must be paradise. We had even ..

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08 September, 2005
By Beth

Beth in Beijing

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20 August, 2005
By Beth

Travelling Monks - Arco

The rock climbing in Arco is similar in ..

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01 August, 2005
By Kenny

Competition climbing in the UK

With Beth placing highly in ..

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23 June, 2005
By Beth

Alpine Dreaming in Imst with the British Team

Why didn’t I hold it? I felt my fingers ..

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18 May, 2005
By Beth

Stanage in Spring

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we went in the car to ..

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Summer in February!?

Majolica E3 5c, Beeston Tor

Blue skies and sunshine; it seemed too perfect. The first time out for ages and we were off to Beeston. Upon late arrival we quickly mounted the cool rock and belayed from the ledge. Feeling the unfamiliar feeling of heat on my back, I took off my jumper and began to climb my first route: Deaf Dove E2 5c. A great route with some great rock. Nice and pockety...very French! The nice warming feeling got stronger when descending and by the time I was ready to belay Scott I was down to a strap top! In February!
After a bit of lazying about in the sun we trekked through the thorns to the other side and got on another route: Majolica E3 5c. After pulling on a couple of small finger pockets and reaching what my dad describes as ‘the biggest jug in the world’ (incidentally he says this about any big hold on any climb) the route was halfway through. Moving leftwards on awkward footholds and a few more pulls on some nice crimps I was once again descending.
The day was perfect and I almost forgot I was in ‘wet and rainy’ England and at that moment I was in France, basking in the sun and climbing on limestone. February, and too hot for grit!

05 March, 2008 by Beth

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