I recently tested the Mountain Equipment Microtherm Alpine Jacket on a trip to the Alps this summer, and wore it on several routes. I was using it as the midlayer […]
Sales & Offers
Head Torches On Sale
To go along with Petzl re vamping their Tikka/Zipka range, Silva are also about to announce a new line up of lights. All these new lights, (and us having too […]
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A tour of the new Facewest Unit
Two weeks ago we moved the whole business from Wharfebank Business Park in Otley up the hill to a far more spacious and better appointed location in Guiseley. The move […]
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The Lure of Everest, Dave Bunting
Here is an evening lecture that could be of interest to those in the West Yorkshire area. The lecture raises money for some altitude acclimatisation research being done by Leeds […]
New Products
ME Winter Stock is IN!
We have received our winter shipment from Mountain Equipment. If it’s arrived then it’s now available on the website. You can browse products in the usual way or you can […]
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A Camping Trip In the Alps
From the snack hut at the Barrage de St-Guerin our proposed walk looked terrifying. It began gentle enough, across the dam and around the lake, but then it shot upwards […]
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Facewest is moving – again!
After only a year in our current home we are on the move again, the opportunity to move into a modern 5000 square foot warehouse was too good to pass […]
New Products
New Petzl Compact LED Lamps
Petzl have released their new range of compact LED lamps in the UK. The replacements for the popular Tikkina, Tikka and Zipka range have imaginatively been named the Tikkina 2, […]
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Kevin & Rachael in the alps, July 22nd – 5th August
This summer saw us arriving in Zermatt to bag our first 4000er alpine peaks. Zermatt – a town of alpine horns, thronging tourists and a tiny but friendly campsite squeezed […]