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Recent Daring Deeds

Training with Shauna and James

In the last two weeks we have been honoured to have been coached by two inspiringly strong...

Brycs round 3

A few months ago, the parent representative for the British climbing team, John Ellison, was...

Leading Ladder Final 2012

The leading ladder final, held in Redding yesterday had a small but strong turn out of team...

Youth Climbing Series 2012

It’s another year, and another series of the Youth Climbing Series, more commonly known as the...

Team on crushing form

It’s been a busy two weekends for Team Crush, with two boulder comps and the British team...

Reflecting on the Big Shakeout

We were well past the point of no return when we decided the Big Shakeout was a mistake....

BMC Coaching Day

I was lucky enough to have my name put forward for the BMC National Academy training days.  I...

British Lead and Speed Climbing Championships at Ratho

Good luck to Billy, Gracie, Sarah, Flo, Naomi and Georgia who are making the long journey up to...

Giro di Monte Bianco

The Tour of Mont Blanc is an 11 day trek around Mont Blanc. I didn’t have 11 days, I wanted to...

Work hard, canoe home

Over the years of commuting to and from work in Ilkeston team Alpkit has driven, cycled, bused,...

Lord of the Loops Midnight Madness

The Dark Peak MTB guide had been on my shelf since last years Big Shakeout and now with the...

Kelsey Kerridge Reunited

We were a pretty close bunch of climbers and we liked to get our climbing fix on a regular...

Wakhan Dream

Alan Halewood - freelance Mountaineering Instructor (MIC) won a PipeDream 800 sleeping bag in...

Crank the Shield Day 3

Bearded Man leaves the mud behind and starts to enjoy some manicured single track. Part 4 in...

Crank the Shield Day 2

Bearded Man gets bogged down in the quagmire on day 2 of Crank the Shield. Part 3 in our 4 part...

Crank the Shield Day 1

Bearded Man manages to borrow a bike for the first stage of Crank the Shield. Part 2 in our 4...

Crank the Shield 2010

We had been on the look out for someone to ride for us in this year’s Trans Provence when Paul...

Welsh two peak challenge

K: The idea was really simple; climb two of the mountains that featured prominently in my...

Snowdon and Cadair Idris by foot, bike and bus

It was Friday afternoon and it looked like there was another great weekend on the cards. I...

Welsh 3000ers

I have had tennis elbow since the summer and that has been getting me down. My bike, a 20 year...

Old Dogs, New Tricks

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

Skye Ridge attempt

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

Old Salty Dog weekend

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

Bike wars

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

The training starts here

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

Back to Melloblocco

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

Alpkit Review

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

Outdoor Showtime

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

BMC Youth Climbing Series 09

This years BMC Youth Climbing Series gets underway in March. To be eligible for the British...

Flurries and slurries

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

Hanging out in Yosemite

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

Dog sitting

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

Driving to the Mountains

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

Closer to home

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

Ignoring the bank holiday forecast

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

Slacking off

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

Climbing Works International Festival

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

Show build up

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

Learning to ski

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

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...

Weekend of activity

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

A new year just around the corner

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

A day salvaged

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

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...

A Christmas Ski

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

La Fiaccolata

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

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...

A Monks Life

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

Competition climbing in the UK

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

Gardena Bivi

AlpineDream 500, 700, 900

ALPINEDREAM 500 (- 5 comfort)

Plus: Full length Thermarest,...