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For longer journeys an extra pair of footwear can come in very handy. This will often be a super light option to wear around camp after a long day in the hills. Letting your feet relax, breathe, and recover is not only for comfort but also helps prevent foot niggles and injuries. This is all part of self-management on route and will ultimately make your overall journey as easy as possib …

Thermarest had, for us, changed our approach to wild-camping when we first received a NeoAir XLite around a decade ago. We have now used the XLite and XTherm as our core piece of kit for multi-day wild-camping group activities since we started our business 9 years ago. We suppose that once you put trust in a product it’s easy to stick with it, with  Thermarest offering a dependabl …

We love working with, Exped, so we compiled a summer backpacking kit list, an all-encompassing kit list perfect for one-night adventures and week-long trips.Exped’s new Mira II HL Tent – is a robust and roomy two-person tent that isn’t just a place to bed down but is a nice place to hang out; the tent has a lot of headroom, so if you are confined to it for any length of time, you can still si …

For me, there is no greater feeling than standing at the start of a national trail or standing in the sea, ready to make a coast-to-coast crossing or, for the truly intrepid, embarking on a multi-day journey that you, yourself, have devised. If the West Highland Way or Wainwright’s Coast to Coast have long been an ambition of yours, but the logistics of such a mammoth task leave yo …

Bikepacking Travelling on two feet can require little more than a rucksack to carry your belongings and enable you to travel far. An ultralight journey on two wheels can require a bit more thought. Some of the main factors being the terrain and the duration of the ride. Gruelling miles off road can feel very different to those on the road, and take a lot longer, but the rewards when b …

I have been testing the Hoka Women’s Kaha 2 GTX Hiking boot for 4 months, walking regularly in my local woods and on the North York Moors in the depths of winter. They have stomped through mud, snow and ice, winched up steep grassy hillsides and explored rocky sandstone outcrops. The Vibram® Megagrip rubber with Traction Lug design combined with the broad foot print, provide excellent …

At Montane, less is more. It’s a mindset and a practice. The design and development of every piece of technical kit and equipment has been carefully considered. From fabric to stitch. The result? Kit you can count on to be everything you need and not a gram less!This ethos of minimalism is intended to maximise and enhance your experience of the outdoors, regardless of your goal or ambition. L …

Rab's Neutrino hand-filled sleeping bags are always a safe bet for quality and performance. There are 10 products, each filled with 800 fill power goose down. The fill weight, however, increases in 100g increments from 200g to 900g. Eight bags are unisex, the 400 and 600 are available in women- specific versions too, and the 300, 500, 700 and 900 are 'pro' versions with a more weather-resistant Pe …

This fleece has a very technical design, with 'mapped' construction matching different materials with your body's requirements in different areas. For improved stretch, breathability and freedom of movement, a Thermo Grid brushed back fleece material with 7% elastane is used across the hood, side and underarm panels, making the jacket well- suited to high-intensity adventures. Across the front and …

Therm-a-Rest makes the best sleeping bags on the market and the superb Parsec -18°C is no exception. It is warm, cosy, light, very packable, fully-featured and eco-conscious - aka it ticks all of the boxes. With a best-in-test -10°C comfort rating but clocking in at just 1155g (excludingcompression bag), it offers a phenomenal warmth-to-weight balance. This is achieved through clever 'heat-mapped …

The Actik is one of Petzl's best-selling headlamps, but it's been completely redesigned for winter 2022. The new model has sleek and angular looks with an integrated rubber bumper to help protect the LED array from impacts and scratches. A phosphorescent element inside the light unit also glows in the dark, making it easier to find your headtorch in a dim tent. And a new bracket design enables it …

New for 2022, the powerful and multi-functional Storm 500-R is one of the brightest and best-equipped headlamps in the Black Diamond range. It has an array of features, including a dimmable main spot beam with a piercing maximum output of 500 lumens. It also has a secondary white flood LED, plus red/green/blue light modes for map-reading and night vision use. There's also a button lock to prevent …