KONG Adventure, New Independent Outdoor Equipment Store in Keswick Press Release

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If you have made your way through Keswick recently you may have noticed something big has come to the town, towering over the entrance to a brand new shop, KONG is here!

Following 12 months on from the successful opening of the flagship climbing centre King Kong Climbing Walls are now expanding into retail with an Independent outdoor store, having taken over the shop in front of the climbing centre, formally known as Planet Fear, and reopened it as KONG Adventure.

A grand opening of the store will be on the 10th October and to coincide with this they are hosting the Winter Brit rock tour. This is the brand new mountain films by Alistair Lee for 2015 featuring  'The Citadel' , UK alpinists Matt Helliker and Jon Bracy embarking on a first ascent in a stunning and remote corner of the Alaskan wilderness. Supporting this feature will be 'Operation Moffat' by Jen Rendal and 'Wild Atlantic' by Craig Hiller.

In addition they will be kicking off the climbing centre's Dry Tooling and Bouldering Competitions leagues, so the 10th of October will be an evening not to be missed.

Kong Adventure is currently open 9am to 9pm weekdays, 9am - 6pm weekends with a sample of what's to come with top quality outdoor gear from  Inov8, Salomon, Salewa, RAB and Kuhl as well as being  the entrance to the climbing centre.


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18 Sep, 2015
It seemed like it was mainly (and thinly?) stocked with Salewa products when I looked in about a month ago. Is highstreet outdoor retail even more troubled at the moment, with a number of recent changes/closures in Keswick ?
18 Sep, 2015
Do they stock KONG gear?
We are currently on a soft opening with the store with the grand opening on the 10th October, we will be providing kit and equipment from more brands which will be announced soon.

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