NEW – Tour du Mont Blanc
Re-inventing the wheel can’t be easy, but it’s been done with this new guidebook about the legendary Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB), recently released by Vertebrate Publishing. So why is […]
Category Archives: Windermere technical store
Psycho Vertical review
Some films hit you hard. You know they are important. Deer Hunter. Philadelphia. Trainspotting. Already that’s three massive topics; war, AIDS and drug addiction. I went to see Psycho Vertical […]
FREE Mont Blanc open evening
Climbing to the summit of Mont Blanc is a case of stacking the odds in your favour; doing the training, selecting the right kit, acclimatising well, building mountain skills, and […]
Brexit Mountain
One of the reasons we go to the mountains is to remind ourselves how insignificant we are, a small dot of coloured Goretex on the enormity of a mountain face. […]
Chamonix Trail book
It’s been five years since the photo above was taken of Kingsley [Icicle trail running guide] finishing the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc for the first time, and this year […]
Grivel Mountain Runner
Once a year or so we bleat about a new bit of kit, which we feel is significantly innovative or different. We don’t rant and rave about every new item […]
Pro Trailer poles
Once in a while we come across some new innovative kit, that makes you really wonder why no one came up with the concept before. We’ve been extensively testing the […]
FREE guiding
Free guiding? Yes, I thought that would get your attention. This winter we are offering 1 hour of completely free guiding for anyone buying an avalanche transceiver from our Windermere […]
What pack to pack?
You’re setting off the next day on a hut to hut trip in the mountains, and you have all your kit laid out ready, but what rucksack do you take? […]
Snowshoe review
With the recent snowfalls in the UK, snowshoes from our Windermere store have been selling like hotcakes! It’s got Emma, our resident blogger writing again, this time on how to […]
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