A ‘FINAL PUSH’ by Alan Kells As the years roll on, sadly, my old body is finding it more difficult, so I have decided that 2015 will be my ‘swansong’ year for serious mountaineering, at least for the long duration and high altitude treks that I’ve done in the past. (I will continue to do shorter, less severe walks and climbs) Therefore I’m bowing out with a ‘cracker’, preparation for…
Team Get on the Gryphon - Mongol Rally 2015 I'm travelling across 20 countries with my two friends Guy Hayward and Ed Davidson-Bowman who are in my team 'Get on the Gryphon'. Guy (main driver), Ed (photographer) and me Clare (traveller) are driving 10,000 miles in total from Goodwood (England) to Mongolia all for charity and giggles. Although there will probably won't be much giggling going on when we've broken…
Kit tested out by Nathan Greenshields These were quality items of clothing, with impressive finishing to the seams, great design and fit. The colours are very good; classic greys and red check that you can mix and match with almost anything, be it outdoor or casual-wear. Nice collar on the NosiLife Berko Short-Sleeved Shirt, not out of place in a restaurant, yet it has all that Craghoppers technology working…
Hi! We’re Ben and Hugo, two part-time adventurers from the UK. This is our first time blogging on the Craghoppers website but we’d like to keep you updated with what we’ve been up to. In 2013 we decided to go on a river adventure together, but we wanted to do things in as basic a way as possible. So we headed out to a remote town in the North…
Hey there! I'm Kathryn, a travel writer, photographer and blogger at Travel With Kat. This is my first blog post on the Craghoppers site where I'll be keeping you up-to-date with my travel plans and adventures. I'll also be posting links to my reviews on the Craghoppers gear I use, whether I'm tracking grizzly bears in the Great Bear Rainforest, Canada or meeting a bee keeper and his bees in…
Team 3 Fists In - Mongol Rally 2015 On the 19th of July team '3 Fists In' along with hundreds of other competitors will set off on the Mongol Rally. This is an event that will take us across France, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and finally finishing in Siberia. Yes that’s right it finishes in Siberia...The name is a bit of…
From Crag to Cave With The Broke Backpacker I first hit the road when I was nineteen. I didn’t really know what to expect but my mum was adamant that I take the right gear. She insisted on spending a fortune on everything from cold ration packs and technical trousers to a bowie knife and two massive rucksacks; I think she was largely under the impression that I was going…
Guest blog by Jack Braniff Sick of being surrounded by the notion that health and fitness is about looking good, last year I decided I wanted more - I would attempt to become the real life Jack of all trades. Well Jack of All sports actually. ‘Jack of all trades’ – achievable? I’ve been bending, sweating and stretching my way through India, weightlifting under the guidance of a former Olympic…
Hi my name is Roy Leigh, I am a consultant ecologist and have a practice in Cheshire, England. I am also an ornithologist and in my spare time I monitor owls and raptors, I hope to tell you more about this in future blogs. As you will expect, spring is a very busy time of the year for an ecologist - with habitat, amphibian, breeding bird and bat surveys all…
[caption id="attachment_3951" align="alignright" width="300"] Afar Desert, Ethiopia[/caption] I have just returned to the UK from a long trip across three continents; Africa, Asia and South America. This was not the first long trip I have undertaken, but it was the first with a pair of Craghoppers Classic Kiwi Trousers. I bought these trousers just before I left the UK in May 2013. They survived the whole trip and I donated…
