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Two new Scarpa rock boots

Anonymous, 22 March 2010 14:40

Have you hit the climbing wall yet this winter? It’s a great way to keep your balance pepped for scrambling this spring (click here for training from Mountain Instructor Pete Hill, author of Indoor Climbing) Scarpa already knows this because they have created two new climbing shoes, the Vapour and the Instinct, using new rubber from quality sole maker Vibram. ...

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Two new Scarpa rock boots

Anonymous, 22 March 2010 14:40

Latest LFTOer Gear Reviews

LFTOers, 11 January 2010 11:30

Each week LFTOers review products to give us further insight as to how they perform over time. We've compiled some of your latest reviews right here. For each product we've included links to the page with our review and all the reader reviews to date. Want to upload your reviews to LFTO? Visit the Gear Reviews section, type in the product ...

Country Walking Gear Reviews - Multi-Activity shoes

Country Walking team, 11 August 2009 10:49

Country Walking's gear experts recently tested 16 of the newest multi-activity shoes in stores today. After thorough tests they decided which were best two for both men and women. Scroll down this page to find out which are the testers' favourites... Click here to subscribe to Country Walking and to check out the latest issue! Men's Winner Zamberlan ...

GEAR BLOG VIDEO: Mammut Obelisk DX

Claire Maxted, 10 July 2009 12:30

Spider-Man probably wears these £80 shoes. They have a super-grippy sole with smooth areas, flexible ribs and a stiffened inside edge especially for balancing on ledges for something called buildering, a mix of bouldering over buildings and balancing on edges. Scroll down to see them close up....

Gear Blog Mon 27th April

Anonymous, 27 April 2009 16:33

South Downs gets ViewRanger mapping With the South Downs now confirmed as Britain’s next National Park, digital mapping folks, Augmentra, have added the region to its ViewRanger GB National Parks Explorer series. The ViewRanger software, which brings OS 1:25000 mapping straight to your mobile phone, works with the phone’s GPS antennae to pinpoint an exact location on the map. It’s so ...

Gear Blog, Friday 27th February

Claire Maxted, 27 February 2009 12:43

Primus Eta Pack Lite stove hit shopsThe long awaited Primus Eta Pack Lite stove is out now. This light and niftily packed £75 piezo ignition LP gas stove stove set uses a 1.2litre non-stick titanium pan with a heat exchanger (metal ripples like you find at the back of a radiator) at the base, which increases the efficiency of the ...

Gear Blog Fri Dec 5th

Anonymous, 05 December 2008 14:24

Mountain Equipment’s newest jacket Shhh…keep this one to yourself. We’ve got you exclusive access to the latest Mountain Equipment jacket out this March. You’re looking at the first pictures of the Graviton, the brand’s lightest waterproof yet at 290g (women’s M) priced £140 and designed for the worst summer storms and with enough venting for hard Alpine climbs and big ...

A couple of Xmas prezzie ideas for you...

LFTO News Team, 03 December 2008 09:54

GPS pub guide from Memory-Map: Everyone knows that the most important part of any walk is knowing where to go for a good pie and chips and a refreshing pint! That's why Memory-Map has created software with over 2,000 GPS waypoints for AA recommended inns and pubs across the country. The software comes with info about each pub and hyperlinks ...

Trail Gear Blog Nov 14th

Anonymous, 13 November 2008 14:23

New winter gear from DMMDMM are gearing up for a major overhaul of their 2008 ice axes and crampons for Jan 09. Most notably, their 10- and 12-point crampons will be redesigned with the most popular winter boots in mind. Simon Marsh, climbing products manager told us, “The first samples are through and our team have tried them on the ...

Big hand for smart-gel gloves

LFTO Gear Team, 27 February 2008 16:52

If you were on the edge of your seat watching the film X-Men and their quick-changing superhero powers, the latest ice-climbing gloves from Black Diamond will be on your wishlist when they hit the shops later this year. Two designs – the original Punisher and the new-for-08 Enforcer – have been rammed with a genius gel called d3o that you could ...

New Petzl head torch "the best yet"

LFTO Gear Team, 28 January 2008 08:33

A new Petzl Myo XP head torch is to hit the gear shops at the start of February. Petzl say that the latest model, distinguishable from the old blue one by its black colour, gives a light that is three times brighter than before.The beam also projects 32m further, and the maximum burn time has been extended by 10 hours. ...