I have been waiting years for a chance to do winter ascents of the classic gully’s on Scafell’s North Face; and last Saturday I did both of them on the […]
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Busy Weekend
A busy weekend for us here at Facewest. Not at work but out in the hills. Sam set off with to the Cairngorms with a massive party of Leeds University […]
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Miry Map Boards at Facewest
We have just received our first delivery of Miry map boards, although you can find them on the site, the pages will not be finished for a couple of days […]
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ISPO 2009 Preview
Just back from a hectic few days at Winter ISPO in Munich. ISPO is where all the new products and prices for next winter are presented to the shops and […]
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No Credit Crunch
Sorry there have been no blog posts in January, we have a couple of staff members on leave and have been really busy. Our experience and from what I can […]
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Hope Vision 4 tested on Winter BG
I supported Eddie’s round on Leg 2 and 3. All of Leg 2 was in the dark and the start of Leg 3 (clockwise). For my torch I used the […]
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Eddie Winslow Completes Winter BGR
Congratulations to Eddie Winslow who completed his mid-winter Bob Graham Round in 23h56:39! An amazing acheivement considering Legs 1 & 2 had 50mph winds. Leg 3 was in good conditions. […]
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James Goes to Plas Y Brenin
Towards the end of October I was lucky enough to be invited for a weekend in Snowdonia with Mountain Equipment. Along with sales reps from Mountain Equipment and Gore fabrics […]
New Products
Petzl Myo RXP In Stock
The New Petzl Myo RXP which is the regulated version of the existing Myo XP is now in stock. Pretty much the same lamp but now with regulated output. A […]