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NEWS: Kendal Mountain Festival 2018: Report

The Kendal Mountain Festival has finished for another year. Its trademark blend of films, talks, events, stalls and banter proved a big hit, with thousands of...

COMPETITION: Win 1 of 3 copies of Trekking in Tajikistan by Cicer

Step into another world, a land of soaring peaks and wild valleys, criss-crossed by a network of centuries-old trails linking remote villages and shepherd camps....

COMPETITION: Win a Victorinox Swiss Champ

When you hear the words Swiss Army Knife, chances are you think of the legendary Officer's knife. And that legend continues with the SwissChamp pocket knife. It's...

Featured Route Card: The Moel Eilio and Moel Cynghorion Horseshoe

"You're better off living in a hole looking at a palace than living in the palace looking at the hole" - Carl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad. Moel Eilio is the...

REVIEW: Outdoor Research Helium II Jacket

The Helium II jacket is well named. This ultralight shell is ideal for weight conscious activities like running, lightweight walking and backpacking, or for...

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Kendal Mountain Festival 2018: Report

19 Nov 2018

The Kendal Mountain Festival has finished for another year. Having grown to become the major fixture on the UK's outdoor social...

Free Stuff to do at Kendal

14 Nov 2018

Kendal Mountain Festival is almost upon us, but for those short of change what is there to do? Thankfully as the festival has...

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Ten Top Tips to Beat the Heat

Jul 2013

In the recent heatwave the challenges of hillwalking, running and climbing in summer conditions have been uncomfortably obvious....

Digital Features

Marmot Photography Awards 2017

UKClimbing and UKHillwalking are proud to announce the winners of the 2017 Marmot Photography Awards. An automatic selection of five photos from each of the categories on site was made based on the votes from the previous 12 months. Users were then asked to vote for the overall winners of each category from this selection. In addition to the category awards, we also have three overall winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd), which were selected by professional photographer Tim Glasby.

Marmot Photography Awards 2016

An automatic selection of five photos from each of the catagories on site was made based on the votes from the previous 12 months. Users were then asked to vote for the overall winners of each catagory from this selection. In addition to the category awards we also have three overall winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd), which were selected by professional photographer Tim Glasby.

Helen Mort - No Map Could Show Them

No Map Could Show Them. The pioneering Victorian women in mountaineering of the early twentieth Century. The women whose narratives and achievements became lost in the mountains, where they forged paths and ascended; their stories brought back down to earth, only to be silenced by the patriarchy.

Starlight and Storm

In this full screen Digital Feature, Jack Geldard and Nick Brown explore the life and tragic death of Alison Hargreaves and how her achievements have influenced her son, Tom Ballard.

With stunning historical images and exclusive video, this feature captures the experiences of Alison and Tom in an absorbing and aesthetic style and delves in to the extraordinary lives of both mother and son.