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Reeks District: Ireland’s Adventure Playground with Jessie Leong

‘How do you pronounce Carrauntoohil?’ ‘Karen-toole’ replied Piaras, mountain guide from Kerry Climbing. ‘It means inverted sickle, a serrated knife-edge. Just look at the ridge behind you.’
December 03, 2018

Reeks District: Ireland’s Adventure Playground with Jessie Leong

‘How do you pronounce Carrauntoohil?’ ‘Karen-toole’ replied Piaras, mountain guide from Kerry Climbing. ‘It means…

Outdoor Guides

Ease your way into wild camping

Ask an American about wild camping and the chances are they'll tell you all about pulling up next to a lake in their 40ft RV and surviving with just a…
May 21, 2014

Ease your way into wild camping

Ask an American about wild camping and the chances are they'll tell you all about…
May 12, 2026

A Beginner’s Guide to Wild Camping

Wild camping has a particular appeal because it strips things back to literal basics. There’s no reception block, no neat row of pitches and no hum of other people’s evenings just beyond the hedge.
August 08, 2022

A journey of meaning

In a little over three weeks, I’ll be stood on a railway platform in Cheshire waiting for a train and the start of an 8000km adventure. Over the following 18…
July 20, 2020

Wild camping - a fight or flight dilemma

Over the last couple of months there's been countless column inches in the mainstream media devoted to "wild camping", and none of it has been good.
December 22, 2019

Skin Up to and Ski Off the Cairngorm

For a while now I have wanted to ski tour, finally I managed to get the gear together to be able to! So I headed for the Cairngorm, I had…
August 15, 2019

Albert and being Sustainable.

What connects a tiny patch of snow in Scotland to a Blackpool pub and landslides in the Alps? Henry Iddon pulls the threads together in a guest Editorial on sustainability.
July 17, 2019

The post-industrial landscapes of Snowdonia's slate industry are being re-imagined as a leisure resource

For a period of over 150 years the landscape of Snowdonia, and particularly the western side from Bethesda to Blaenau Ffestiniog was dominated by a brutal, industrial, visage of dark…
December 03, 2018

Reeks District: Ireland’s Adventure Playground with Jessie Leong

‘How do you pronounce Carrauntoohil?’ ‘Karen-toole’ replied Piaras, mountain guide from Kerry Climbing. ‘It means inverted sickle, a serrated knife-edge. Just look at the ridge behind you.’

From lift passes and gondola times to slope information and snow conditions, here’s our ultimate ski guide to the Jungfrau resort of Grindelwald-Wengen – plus 7 reasons why to choose Grindelwald-Wengen for your next skiing holiday.

Published in Skiing
Sunday, 20 March 2016 15:30

A Winter Week in the Alps

In a follow up to the article The MyOutdoors Guide to Chamonix between the seasons from Dave and James, one of our Mountaineering Team, Alan 'Tosh' McIntosh and his wife Sam, headed for the Alps earlier this year. Alan describes how they developed their Alpinism skills from Ice Climbing to Snowshoeing to an Introduction to Skiing with details of the areas they visited and some costs associated with their experiences.

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Published in Clothing Reviews

One thing about outdoorsy types is that we all love socks, this may baffle the rest of the world but to us a good pair of socks is essential to a good day out, a bad pair of socks can ruin your day, your feet and possibly the next few days if the damage is bad enough so when I was asked to try out a pair of Darn Tough ski socks I was all up for it.

Published in Clothing Reviews

Recently, and for the third time, I headed off to The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland to photograph events in the SDG Tent.

Published in Skiing

Andorra has established itself as one of Europe's leading ski destinations, offering an appealing alternative to the larger Alpine resorts.

Published in Skiing
Saturday, 23 February 2019 22:18

Freeride World Tour Austria - Day 2

After an opening day of persistent rain, competition day dawned with bright blue skies and cold fresh snow, once you broke through the cloud inversion at the valley base.

Published in Skiing

Team GB freestyle skier Rowan Cheshire burst onto the international scene in 2014, when she became the first British woman to win a Halfpipe Gold medal at World Cup level at only 18 years old.

Published in Skiing
Thursday, 11 February 2016 11:24

I'm a cyclist, so why do I ski?

Skiing presents me with a problem. I'm useless at it. My normal tactic to hide my ineptness at an activity to be extremely photogenic and pose my way to credibility. With Skiing I can't do this and every single photo of me on skis makes me look like the terrified wimp I am. So why do it? Well.....

Published in Skiing
Tuesday, 12 February 2019 11:38

Leki Stella S gloves tested and reviewed

Feeling good and looking stylish on the slopes obviously equates to great performance! - That’s why Leki’s new Stella S glove, which gives a hint of glamour, whilst being warm, comfortable  and durable, is a cut above the average ski glove.…

Published in Clothing Reviews
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