It’s not often we get to test out snow sport gear. Largely because, for the past three years we haven’t managed to find the time to actually go snowboarding. But when a chance offer to head over to Chamonix cropped up, we thought it was time to dust off the old kit. Unfortunately, after openingContinue reading “The North Face – Free Thinker”
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Thermoball Plus Hoodie
There’s no getting away from it people, winter is well and truly on the way. What with the dark evenings, the cold mornings and the fact that meeting people for a drink is becoming considerably more effort than it was eight weeks ago. But, ho-hum. It’s not all bad news. In fact, if we’re beingContinue reading “Thermoball Plus Hoodie”
The North Face: Mountain Athletics
There’s a side to the world of mountain sports that, for the most part, seems to be hidden behind the grandiose activities that athletes take part in. We see pictures of athletes climbing mountains or running across forest trails. We watch videos of snowboarders flying over snow-capped ridges with the kind of finesse we can onlyContinue reading “The North Face: Mountain Athletics”
Nightray Outdoor Fest
We’ve been to a lot of festivals in our time. Big festivals where crowds of people wander around music stages trying to find their favourite bands. Festivals where people stay up all night drinking alcohol until the sun comes up and they can barely speak with tiredness. They’re the kind of festivals we’re used to.Continue reading “Nightray Outdoor Fest”