BBC Live Climb - The Great Climb Trailer

Head to the below link to view the trailer for "The Great Climb" hitting our screens this Saturday



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New Autumn/Winter 2010 Range live on the website

Our New and Updated Autumn/Winter 2010 range is now live on the website.

Andy Turner, Cracking Up (IX,9) North Wales

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GORE-TEX® Experience Tour - Entries Open Today

Entries open today for two people to win a place on a week long trek through Knoydart, Scotland under the tutelage of Cameron McNeish. The whole expedition, which is the second to be launched as part of the GORE-TEX® Experience Tour, will be filmed by Richard Else.

Cameron McNeish - Wilderness expert

After 5 days under the expert guidance of Cameron, the two winners will set off on their own kitted out in Mountain Equipment and record their experiences on video. This is a great opportunity for people who already have an interest in the outdoors to increase their knowledge and understanding of the countryside. The event will take place from 26th October – 2nd November'10.

For application form and more details of the trek click here

Applications are also still open to win a place on Ines Papert’s Himalayan expedition details of which are available on the same page.

BBC Live Climb - goes live in just over a week

Mountain Equipment Pro partner Dave MacLeod and fellow climber Tim Emmett will be aired live on the BBC as they tackle a new route on Sron Uladale on the Isle of Harris, the crux of which Dave reckons could be as hard as E9 with a mix of E6 and E7 on the other six pitches of the route.

the route

Dave along with fellow Mountain Equipment Pro Partner Brian Hall (who as well as having a world class mountaineering CV also works on Mountain safety for Film & TV) have spent around a week on an initial recce of the crag, selecting the route and another week checking the details and logistics for what Dave says will be 'a mind-boggling adventure'

Brian on the recce

The programme will also feature a world record bid by 2 climbers as they attempt to ascend five world-class routes in the Outer Hebrides in just five days.

The climb will be broadcast live on Saturday, 28 August’10 between 13.30 and 19.00 on BBC2 Scotland and Sky Channel 990.
It's also going to be showing nationally on the BBC HD channel between 17.00 and 1900.

photos - Dave MacLeod Collection

Fault Line Living - Iceland

Head over to the Fault Line Living site now where you can catch up with all the latest from the Team as they travel across Iceland.


www.faultlineliving.com

Hello from Andy Parkin

Mountain Equipment Pro partner Andy Parkin has just dropped us a email with details of what he's going to be up to over the next few months.

"I was thinking of giving you a resume of my upcoming activities, its getting crazy. I have just finished the trophies for The North Face Ultra Trail run here in Chamonix, I have also sold a lot of my Tibetan paintings (Everest and Shishapangma) to Tibetans from Lhasa who run the mountain school there, They want to invite me over next year to build a large sculpture out of oxygen bottles!

Andy with one of his base camp paintings - Langtang, Nepal

I am then invited to Iran this autumn to do new routes and a cultural festival. After that Kendal Mountain Film Festival of course and then I go to Nepal to do workshops or a large sculpture in Kathmandu, I will then go climbing in the Khumbu again, a different valley this time, to the north towards Tibet and try two new mountains - 6223 and 6422, a bit wild this trip as I'll be alone"

You can read more about Andy at www.andyparkin.com

North Wales Western Kokshaal -Too 2010 - Substitution

Unfortunately Keith Ball was unable to join Matt on the expedition as mentioned in Fridays post, due to other commitments - therefore Dave Rudkin has stepped in.

Dave

Dave is a full time guide and works at Plas y Brenin and has climbed extensively in the likes of Patagonia and Pakistan.

Matt and Dave flew out on from Heathrow on Saturday. We expect to hear more from them later in the week.