Nick Smith

Structures and orchestration

Tucking in to a pie while thinking of something to write..

Recent Daring Deeds

Coasteering with Boulder Adventures

Messing about on rocks near the sea or as they call it now - Coasteering

Every year we try and...

Posted on 01 September, 2011 by Nick

Walking to work

Today I walked in to work, it took me 2 1/2 hours. I didn’t wake up any earlier and I got into...

Posted on 04 August, 2011 by Nick

Balloning over the Peak District

Lucky enough to go ballooning last week, the weather was amazing and views were awesome. As...

Posted on 09 September, 2010 by Nick

Fontainebleau Dispatch

We arrived at the gîte at three in the morning. The door was unlocked but Ken thought it best...

Posted on 28 February, 2010 by Nick

My Epic visit

The reason I am writing this is that Pete asked what we do on a trip like this, and couldn’t...

Posted on 01 May, 2009 by Nick

Catch 22

Just arrived in Dubai and given that it’s 1.00 in the morning it’s pretty busy, in fact very...

Posted on 28 April, 2009 by Nick

Fingers against Pessimism

Last sunday was a fingers up against pessimism day. I was desperate to go climbing this...

Posted on 08 October, 2008 by Nick

1st Old Salty Dog Weekend

It’s been a busy week for Alpkit over the last week or so. Ken and I went down to Devon for the...

Posted on 26 August, 2008 by Nick

Hard Rock Festival

The Hard Rock Fest, now in it’s 2nd year is small, friendly and probably the best conceived...

Posted on 20 August, 2008 by Nick

The European OutDoor Show in Friedrichshafen Germany

What do people do at the OutDoor trade show!

The OutDoor trade show is where all the worldwide...

Posted on 23 July, 2008 by Nick

Back to bike school

A month ago Jim asked me if a wanted to go on a Jumps and Drops mnt bike course at Llandegla,...

Posted on 30 June, 2008 by Nick

Sneaking a quick one

Jim and I had a meeting in Llanberis (nudge, nudge, wink, wink…more of this soon). On the way...

Posted on 15 February, 2008 by Nick

Customer service hero wanted

Alpkit needs your help – Customer service Hero required
We need someone special to help us...

Posted on 23 November, 2007 by Nick

Polaris 06

Yet again it was time for Polaris, my careful training schedule had been slightly interrupted...

Posted on 10 May, 2006 by Nick

Winter Camping Below Zero

I spent the run up to Christmas with Ken ice climbing in Switzerland. The Alpkit budget...

Posted on 29 December, 2005 by Nick