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The essential 14 for tourist-mountain climbing

19th October 20213rd April 2021 by UK Outdoor Pursuits
Mountain gear

If you’re heading up one of the more popular tourist-ridden mountains this summer where the paths are reasonably well marked, you might be wondering what to take. After all, many …

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Foot Care for Climbers

19th October 202122nd March 2021 by UK Outdoor Pursuits
Foot care for climbers

Rock climbers, like all athletes, rely on healthy feet. Climbers often wear tight climbing shoes and use their toes to grip the rock, and it is important that their feet …

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What to have in your first aid kit when hiking/climbing

19th October 202121st January 2021 by UK Outdoor Pursuits
Mountain hiking - 1st aid

After going on long hikes/climbs lately I decided that it would be prudent for me to start carrying a first aid kit on me. I’ve read some horror stories about …

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Advice: purchasing Boots for Skiing, Walking or Climbing.

21st January 202120th January 2021 by UK Outdoor Pursuits
Buying walking boots

BREAKING IN All footwear requires some amount of breaking in before reaching optimum comfort, therefore we would expect your new footwear to feel firm, snug, perhaps a little stiff, but …

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Kit guide – climbing UK hills and mountains

19th October 202119th January 2021 by UK Outdoor Pursuits
Mountain hiking

It never ceases to amaze me just how unprepared hikers can be when going up some of the UK’s biggest hills and mountains. Yet a busy day can see mountain …

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Climbing at Bowles Rock

19th October 202125th March 2008 by UK Outdoor Pursuits
Rock climbing

Location Bowles Rocks or Bowles outdoor centre is located just off the Crowborough to Tunbridge Wells road. Heading north east out of Crowborough on the A26 Eridge Road turn left …

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Blizzard Survivor Tells His Story in the New Book, ‘Behind the Mountain’

19th October 202125th March 2004 by UK Outdoor Pursuits
Blizzard survivor

Blizzard Survivor Tells His Story in the New Book, ‘Behind the Mountain’- Nationwide Book Launch From April Through June, 2004 Nick Williams, a former Marine and CEO, survived a blizzard …

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Make your own plastic climbing holds

19th October 202122nd March 2004 by UK Outdoor Pursuits
Climbing holds

I’m sure you’ve all read articles telling you how easy and cheap it is to make wooden climbing holds. You just take a piece of wood, carve or hack and …

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Climbing – when the next placement is out of reach

19th October 202122nd March 2004 by UK Outdoor Pursuits

When aid climbing, it’s often necessary to “top step” in your aiders or etriers in order to reach the next placement. If the next placement is just out of reach, …

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Passive Piton Placements

19th October 202122nd March 2003 by UK Outdoor Pursuits
Climbing - sunset shot

Pitons are being used less today as climbers become more aware of the need to climb with a minimal impact on the environment, even aid climbers are leaving their pegs …

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