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Petzl Price Rises

On the 1st May, Petzl issued a new pricelist increasing the price of just about all their products. In itself this is nothing unusual given the pound/euro relationshiop and increased […]

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What a weekend!

The number of sunburnt noses around the office here at Facewest are a testament to the weather that hit us this weekend. Everyone rushed to make the most of the […]

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Pembroke

I spent an excellent Easter weekend in Pembroke, climbing until I was so tired I could barely pick up my rucksack.  We arrived quite late on Friday afternoon, but got […]

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The Climbing Depot

After one of the most pleasant Easter weekends I can remember it seems a little strange to talk about indoor climbing, however on Friday I took my first opportunity to […]

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Summer has come early

Easter 2008 was preceded by some of the grimmest weather of the whole winter, this year however things have been entirely different. Over the past few weeks we’ve had some […]

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Helly Hansen Adventure Race

Last weekend Team Facewest took part in the Lake District leg of the Helly Hansen Adventure Challenge Series. This was a multisport race or short adventure race whatever you want […]

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Pierra Menta 2009

Just back from my winter hols in the French Alps which apart from a great mix of fresh snow and sun also included the ski alpinism race ‘The Pierra Menta‘. […]

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Gritstone

Here at Facewest we have been wearing through our finger tips in the past couple of weeks climbing on the local gritstone boulders after work.  With the prospect of 6 […]

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Five weeks in France

While we work very hard here at Facewest we do need time to recharge our batteries and I have just returned from a five week ski trip in France. I managed to […]