Saturday, 12 March 2011
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Lofoten'11 - Round up
The guys have just got back to the UK after a productive trip out in Lofoten bagging 2 new routes and repeated the swiss route - "Nothing compares to you" despite atrocious conditions as you'll have seen in previous posts.
Pete and Andy after topping out on a new route on Vargerkalen
Andy on pitch one of a new 8 pitch route on VorgankalenLukasz also swung by ME HQ today with a Mac packed full of images and footage so watch this space....
Monday, 7 March 2011
Ben Saunders - North 3
Later this week Mountain Equipment Pro Partner Ben Saunders sets out to reach the Geographic North Pole solo and unsupported, and aims to break the North Pole speed record in the process.
In 2005 a guided team using dog sleds and several air-drops of food reached the Pole in 36 days, 22 hours, and in 2010 a Canadian team reached the Pole on foot in 41 days, 18 hours with one resupply flight. Ben is travelling alone and on foot, and will have no support en route. His start point is Cape Discovery, on the northern coast of Canada, and he will travel using skis and snowshoes, hauling a carbon fibre and kevlar sled containing his food and equipment, and a cutting-edge satellite tracking beacon that will enable real-time position updates as Ben heads north.
We'll have more from Ben over the coming weeks as North 3 gets underway, but you can also keep up to date with all the latest and follow Ben at his website here and his facebook page here
In 2005 a guided team using dog sleds and several air-drops of food reached the Pole in 36 days, 22 hours, and in 2010 a Canadian team reached the Pole on foot in 41 days, 18 hours with one resupply flight. Ben is travelling alone and on foot, and will have no support en route. His start point is Cape Discovery, on the northern coast of Canada, and he will travel using skis and snowshoes, hauling a carbon fibre and kevlar sled containing his food and equipment, and a cutting-edge satellite tracking beacon that will enable real-time position updates as Ben heads north.
We'll have more from Ben over the coming weeks as North 3 gets underway, but you can also keep up to date with all the latest and follow Ben at his website here and his facebook page here
Saturday, 5 March 2011
Lofoten'11 - Building steam
Another great clip from Lukasz and the guys up in Lofoten
You can up to date with all the latest from the trip and check back at what the guys have been up to so far at their blogs
Lukasz - http://blog.lwimages.co.uk/
Andy - http://andyturnerclimbing.blogspot.com/
Nick - http://nickbullock-climber.co.uk/
You can up to date with all the latest from the trip and check back at what the guys have been up to so far at their blogs
Lukasz - http://blog.lwimages.co.uk/
Andy - http://andyturnerclimbing.blogspot.com/
Nick - http://nickbullock-climber.co.uk/
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Lofoten '11 - Day in Lofoten Video
We've just had this video clip through from a very excited Lukasz Warzecha. Lukasz is currently out in Lofofen shooting Andy Turner, Nick Bullock and Pete Benson while there on a new routing mission.
If you watch closely you be able to see some of our new Winter'11 product being put to the test
You can keep up with all the latest at Lukasz blog here
If you watch closely you be able to see some of our new Winter'11 product being put to the test
You can keep up with all the latest at Lukasz blog here
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
‘Call of the White' - Book Launch
Back at the end of 2009 we supported the Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition with clothing and equipment for their expedition training.
The KLCA expedition led by Felicity Aston was a multi-national 8-woman team from Ghana, Jamaica, India, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Cyprus and the UK who skied more than 900km from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole. Most of the women were either the first person or the first woman from their country to ski to the South Pole and yet they were not experienced explorers (some had never seen snow before joining the expedition) but ‘ordinary’ women who wanted to inspire others to follow their dreams or make a change for the better in their lives.
Felicity has written a book about her experiences putting together and training the team as well as their remarkable 40-day journey together in Antarctica. ‘Call of the White: Taking the World to the South Pole’ is published by Summersdale and will be available in bookshops (including Waterstone’s and WHSmith) on Monday 7th March but is already available for pre-order online.
To celebrate the release of the book Felicity will be giving a number of talks about the expedition at free events across the country. Dates include:
Tunbridge Wells – 15th March
Bristol – 23rd March
London – 20th April
London – 12th May
Harrogate – 18th May
Manchester – 19th May
Canterbury – 26th May
Full details are available on www.felicityaston.com
The KLCA expedition led by Felicity Aston was a multi-national 8-woman team from Ghana, Jamaica, India, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Cyprus and the UK who skied more than 900km from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole. Most of the women were either the first person or the first woman from their country to ski to the South Pole and yet they were not experienced explorers (some had never seen snow before joining the expedition) but ‘ordinary’ women who wanted to inspire others to follow their dreams or make a change for the better in their lives.
Felicity has written a book about her experiences putting together and training the team as well as their remarkable 40-day journey together in Antarctica. ‘Call of the White: Taking the World to the South Pole’ is published by Summersdale and will be available in bookshops (including Waterstone’s and WHSmith) on Monday 7th March but is already available for pre-order online.
To celebrate the release of the book Felicity will be giving a number of talks about the expedition at free events across the country. Dates include:
Tunbridge Wells – 15th March
Bristol – 23rd March
London – 20th April
London – 12th May
Harrogate – 18th May
Manchester – 19th May
Canterbury – 26th May
Full details are available on www.felicityaston.com
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