All but two members of the team are off to what promises to be a wet and windy Brecon Beacons (South Wales) to test our the awesome tents and bits and pieces from Alpkit and some of the great stuff Peglers have got together for us. What this space for an update and pics, once we have dried out.
Friday, 20 April 2012
Friday, 23 March 2012
Bringing power to the expedition.....
will be powertraveller. It is very nice as non-sponsored climbers to get support from English based and/or owned companies and it is really nice to have some support from powertraveller that will help us keep that all important safety equipment and camera kit powered for the trip. :)
Click on their image to the right to take a look at their great range of products.
Click on their image to the right to take a look at their great range of products.
Friday, 16 March 2012
Injury
Recently I messed my back up and thought the worse. Although with an excellent osteo Richard Williams of Osteovelo and sticking to my recovery plan, things are going well and training starts again today in fact, a painful session on the turbo train is lined up.
I am excited and motivated about this trip, but the change in focus over the past few weeks has been important to the recovery.
Will, is also recovering from a finger injury, but has been doing some cycling to keep himself fit and I thin has some walking and scrambling in mind, once his Uni workload subsides a bit.
Looking forward to getting some more kit also and will lodge an entry in the gear section.
S
I am excited and motivated about this trip, but the change in focus over the past few weeks has been important to the recovery.
Will, is also recovering from a finger injury, but has been doing some cycling to keep himself fit and I thin has some walking and scrambling in mind, once his Uni workload subsides a bit.
Looking forward to getting some more kit also and will lodge an entry in the gear section.
S
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Exciting times in the Exped Office revealed.
We have obviously had fantastic support from Peglers and hence why they have a nice little link to the right.
However, we can't just rely on Dave and Rich, so we thought we would share the love with what is becoming another UK Outdoor institution Alpkit. I contacted to Alpkit to see if they could help the team in anyway and they have been super responsive and we are all grateful and look forward to working with them.
Once bits and pieces start arriving I will get some reviews and photo's up and will provide some feedback once we are back from our big adventure.
As the team at Alpkit say, "Go nice places, do good things" we fully intend to with Alpkit and Peglers support.
Note the Alpkit link to the right. :)
However, we can't just rely on Dave and Rich, so we thought we would share the love with what is becoming another UK Outdoor institution Alpkit. I contacted to Alpkit to see if they could help the team in anyway and they have been super responsive and we are all grateful and look forward to working with them.
Once bits and pieces start arriving I will get some reviews and photo's up and will provide some feedback once we are back from our big adventure.
As the team at Alpkit say, "Go nice places, do good things" we fully intend to with Alpkit and Peglers support.
Note the Alpkit link to the right. :)
Friday, 24 February 2012
Exciting times.....
in the Denali expedition office today.
Can't say much just yet, but it could be very good news and UK grown.
Can't say much just yet, but it could be very good news and UK grown.
Monday, 13 February 2012
Quick Post.....
Just a quick post on my own page about what Alex K and I got up to this weekend testing some gear for our big adventure. www.sasmojo-dontfalloff.blogspot.com
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Saturday, 4 February 2012
Some New Gear...
With the Denali Exhibition being less than 4 months away the bank balance has been taking a little battering, I have had some help with sponsorship but equipment doesn't come cheap, Although I already own lots of equipment this is the first real exhibition Ive been on so new items such has High altitude boots, Ski boots, Mitts and a really warm sleeping bag are all essential. Anyway some of these items have started to arrive.
I popped on down to Peglers in Arundel to check out some gear and place an order, First up was the boots, Ive always been a big fan of La sportiva especially getting on really well with the Batura boot, So i tried on the Olympus Mons, these seemed to work pretty well and I found them very comfortable, I did try on a few other brands such has the Scarpa phantom but these didn't seem has comfortable as the La sportiva, next up I ordered my down salopettes, these are branded by Rab. I also ordered some new mitts from Mountain Hardwear and some warm booty's to where in the tent, these items are all essential due to the how cold this mountain can get. Next up was a new sleeping bag, I already have a good bag from Marmot thats done me well in the alps but with tempatures reaching has low has -50 I decided to look for a better option, In the end I decided on the new Tundra -40, this is a high altidude bag that should keep me warm in the coldest environment.
While on The peglers Ice fest trip last I managed to get hold a good deal on some new Black diamond Quadrant Ski boots, I'm planning on getting to the indoor snow dome to wear these in and get used to them. Just a few days ago I also ordered my Avalanche receiver rescue kit, This has also been supplied from Peglers at a really good price, Ive decided to go with the Ortovox model has this seems to be one of the best on the market at the moment.
A good team meeting last night has highlighted another few small objects that I need but apart from that I'm pretty close to having all my personal kit sorted now.
Remember to keep checking the blog for up to date info on the planning, training and progress of this exhibition.
I popped on down to Peglers in Arundel to check out some gear and place an order, First up was the boots, Ive always been a big fan of La sportiva especially getting on really well with the Batura boot, So i tried on the Olympus Mons, these seemed to work pretty well and I found them very comfortable, I did try on a few other brands such has the Scarpa phantom but these didn't seem has comfortable as the La sportiva, next up I ordered my down salopettes, these are branded by Rab. I also ordered some new mitts from Mountain Hardwear and some warm booty's to where in the tent, these items are all essential due to the how cold this mountain can get. Next up was a new sleeping bag, I already have a good bag from Marmot thats done me well in the alps but with tempatures reaching has low has -50 I decided to look for a better option, In the end I decided on the new Tundra -40, this is a high altidude bag that should keep me warm in the coldest environment.
While on The peglers Ice fest trip last I managed to get hold a good deal on some new Black diamond Quadrant Ski boots, I'm planning on getting to the indoor snow dome to wear these in and get used to them. Just a few days ago I also ordered my Avalanche receiver rescue kit, This has also been supplied from Peglers at a really good price, Ive decided to go with the Ortovox model has this seems to be one of the best on the market at the moment.
A good team meeting last night has highlighted another few small objects that I need but apart from that I'm pretty close to having all my personal kit sorted now.
Remember to keep checking the blog for up to date info on the planning, training and progress of this exhibition.
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| New Black Diamond Quadrants |
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| La Sportiva Olypus Mons |
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| Tundra -40 Sleeping Bag |
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| New High altitude mitts from Mountain Hardwear. |
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