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Recent Daring Deeds

Old Dogs, New Tricks

We were at Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham to support the British Freestyle Championships last ..

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Skye Ridge attempt

My dad has been working his way through the munros since way back when. He’s not going to set ..

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Old Salty Dog weekend

The past few weeks had been full on.. and then some. With six of us trapped in a cramped unit ..

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Bike wars

Thanks to the guys at Genesis the Alpkit bike shed has been transformed into a stable of ..

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The training starts here

It was something like 18 years ago when I was first drawn into the giddy world of climbing. ..

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Back to Melloblocco

We arrived Friday afternoon and hiked over to the car hire booth. I hadn’t even had the chance ..

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Alpkit Review

5 years ago we registered a website. We were so pleased with ourselves that we decided to take ..

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Outdoor Showtime

Power tools charged and primed, dungarees cleaned and pressed, blueprints rolled out on the ..

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Flurries and slurries

We have had our fair share of weather over the past week. I guess it started a week ago when we ..

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Hanging out in Yosemite

The weather is pretty tasty in Yosemite National Park right now, there is no way I am going to ..

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Dog sitting

Amber joined us at the start of the week. In this short time she has proved herself to be an ..

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Driving to the Mountains

Moggy at the cattery, CHECK. Fridge defrosted, CHECK. Passport in top pocket, CHECK. Car full ..

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Closer to home

We have to admit we are a little outside of ‘the scene’. Despite early ambitious attempts ..

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Ignoring the bank holiday forecast

If the forecast was to be believed we would have been better staying at home doing DIY, however ..

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Slacking off

Spring has finally come to Alpkit HQ, regenerating Alpkit staff morale and stimulating early ..

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Climbing Works International Festival

An under strength Alpkit team arrived at the doors of the Climbing Works. Beth had deserted us ..

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Show build up

It has been a busy week at Alpkit HQ. I flew in on Monday evening fresh from a couple of days ..

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Learning to ski

When I first moved to Italy I immediately decided that I would learn to snowboard. So I bought ..

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A great day out on the Vallee Blanche

4.30 AM is not unusual for an Alpine Start however hanging around in a cemetery car park felt a ..

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Weekend of activity

So the weather has been pretty good the past couple of weeks out here in Lecco. My time here is ..

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A new year just around the corner

Been struck down with a cold the past couple of days. Rotten luck since the weather is ..

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A day salvaged

Today the fine weather returned to the mountains of Lecco and like a complete idiot I lay in ..

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A short trip on my bike

Not having any boxes to deal with my day was pleasingly free of commitments. As much as I enjoy ..

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A Christmas Ski

So the shops had finally shut and Christmas could get under way. I spent the Eve in the company ..

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La Fiaccolata

T’was the last Sunday before Christmas. The moon was full and inviting, some nocturnal activity ..

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A toast to Col and Liz

This weekend Alpkit Col (some of you may know him as ‘The Chunk’) is getting married to Liz. We ..

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A Monks Life

To support our small article on the British Youth Climbing Team we invited Alan and Beth Monks ..

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Competition climbing in the UK

With Beth placing highly in international competition we take a peek behind the scenes of the ..

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