Daylight Saving with Mammut - FREE Mammut Headtorch

DAYLIGHT SAVING WITH MAMMUT

The clocks go back at the end of the month and that means we’re going to lose one hour of daylight to get out and enjoy the great outdoors.

So, to help you make the most of the darkness we’ve teamed up with Mammut to offer you a FREE S-Lite headtorch* with every purchase of Mammut kit over £90.00.


The S-Lite weighs in at only 48g with batteries but packs a punch with its three SuperBright LEDs and three levels of beam intensity from 10 – 18 metres – all from a single battery.





With its narrow headband and low volume you could keep it in your rucksack as an emergency torch – but we’d recommend you get it out and get out into Autumn!


Check out Mammut’s S-Lite

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First steps

Hello! I’m Kate, currently swinging between being totally petrified and full of excitement as I embark on my journey from recreational jogger to marathon runner in time for the London marathon on 22^nd April 2012.

My friends at campfour have very kindly offered to sponsor me – kit in return for regular updates here over the next few months. Sounds like a great deal. Watch this space….!

Become a Haglofs Test Pilot

There is no getting away from it, Haglofs gear is fantastic.  If you would like the opportunity to put some through its paces as a Haglofs Test Pilot, then pop into store and complete an entry form.

The application form requires a few contact details and then a brief explanation of why you think you should be selected.

If you are one of the lucky 2 Test Pilots to be selected, you will receive a Haglofs Endo Jacket worth £220 to use, test and evaluate. We have one men's and one women's jacket.

Jackets to be won are blue as per above picture

Entries close 5pm Saturday 29th October 2011 and the draw will take place after that.  The chosen Test Pilots will be notified week commencing 31st October.

Ask staff for details.  Application forms available at the counter in-store.

Good luck!

Boom

Bip, had a quick blast on this the other night after after seeing new beta (thanks to Andy Turner). The move is huge, the gear is bomber and the fall zone is safe. Ground up is defiantly the way forward and hopefully next time I go to Ramshaw it will be in the bag!

The Indian Summer

Autumn has decided to pick up where summer let us down raining down glorious rays of sunshine and an ambient temperature of 25 degrees C! Shocking but greatly appreciated. To make the most of the weather I headed to the shaded Cratcliff with the Stride very close by its an three star boulder venue for any grade range. I was joined on my travels by Mr Colin Egar, Mr Alex Salt and Mr Nick Andrews.

Me and Col arrived first so we tooled around the razor roof area taking in all the problems apart from razor arete and RZR roof. It was way too hot for the arete, as for RZR, well we just didn't get round to it before moving on  to meet Mr Salt and Mr Andrews at the cave problem which despite warm conditions on the slopper was achieved by col, Salty and myself, I even managed to get out on the bobbles. Psyched! I found out when we got back to the car that you cant go out to the slopper on the right for the full tick...but this is gritstone not limestone...

We moved over to stepped arete area and I got spat off Bens wall repeatedly despite reaching the rock on with my left foot (one to go back for). We had to escape the heat after this and dropped into the Egg area and mooched about on Jerrys Traverse and T-crack for a bit before deciding to cool it down on the Egg. It seems that little problem on the arete despite its small stature is quite tricky so I had a great laugh watching Nick, Alex and Colin fall off it, repeatedly. great end to a great day.

long live the sun!

Deep Play

A 'gentle' holiday down south to visit the renowned locations of Swanage, Lulworth Cove and Portland with the explicit desire to climb hard above some deep water and maybe fall in...in this I succeed, I fell of Mark off the Beast at Lulworth while I had the tide in my favour. A very steep, very cool route with exciting climbing from the word go.

I also wanted to spend some time having adventures, for this Swanage provided the perfect playground, abseiling into platforms and having to down climb problems to get to the start. setting off knowing the only way out is 100 meters away and with every crash of the waves below your heart beats a little faster. Basking in the sunshine at the top was always worth the work. An unusual adventure took place at lulworth cove after a sea level traverse was done with Mr Dom Bridgewood, we spied a boulder, quite a large one at that and head to it. on our travel there however we got distracted. the boulders grew around us till we had to walk underneath them as the leant against each other. We had to stop. A good few hours were spent playing, not knowing names, lines or grade but enjoying the natural lines of the rocks, seemingly untouched* we named our problems as we went after what we saw. Mostly it revolved around the shrimp that crawled all over the rocks.

Finally I went there to enjoy some time with my friends, this was done at all the venues as well as the campsite, afternoon cricket and hiding from rain storms. The pinnacle for this though has to be the open plan, easy access Deep Zawn on Portland. Probably the best place to christen DWS virgins in its enjoyment. Standing only 5 meters out of the water (at most) the problems are short, but still very interesting, the water, always deep and clear and an easy escape just over the other side. perfect.

That was 10 days on holiday for me, 10 days relaxing by the sea, 10 days with my friends! Thank you to everyone who came, We will be ready for girt season, I can smell it coming...on that note I did venture through the haze of midgies recently to bag an accent of Nosferatu second go which I was chuffed with. Roll on Autum.