The BMC has developed some Climbing Activity Packs for Schools to help teachers and teaching assistants to develop climbing at their schools. They offer guidance on competencies for people supervising…
Craving off-piste skiing but want some help getting up? Here are five of the world’s most epic – and lift-accessed – off-piste ski descents. Sick of all the packed snow…
The British Isles is famous for having some of the best trad climbing in the world, and for good reason: it’s all packed into a relatively small area, yet offers…
words by Dr Cath Flitcroft The most sustainable product is the product you already own. We’ve pulled together a list of retailers and organisations who can help you re-use, repair…
Our beloved outdoors is at bursting point these days as more and more people come to enjoy the delights of a long ridge walk, a cool swim or a golden…
With the dark depths of December now a distant and dreary dream, with the days getting longer and our hearts getting stronger we are turning ourselves outwards once again to…
“We have some of the most degraded blanket bog in the country at the southern end of the Pennines,” says Chris Dean, a heavily accented Yorkshireman who heads up Moors…
What finer way to celebrate the warming air, the waking sun and the longer days of springtime than to skip down to the seaside, get your rack and ropes, and…
The grit is calling. stanage. froggatt. curbar. The roaches, burbage and much more. it’s all here, from small outcrops to big crags, shy classics to big names. let’s take a…
Is this the most important plant on earth? On our wild moorlands grows an amazing plant called sphagnum. When sphagnum is growing healthily, this plant powerhouse takes as much carbon out of…
