Positive – Kendal 2020 online
Kendal Mountain Festival 2020 was always going to be special. It’s 40 years since the first ever Kendal, when Brian Hall, John Porter and Jim Curran had the idea to […]
Kendal Mountain Festival 2020 was always going to be special. It’s 40 years since the first ever Kendal, when Brian Hall, John Porter and Jim Curran had the idea to […]
2020 has not been a normal summer. With restrictions on international travel coming and going, a general reluctance to take crowded cable cars or stay in busy huts, it’s been […]
UPDATED AT 4 OCTOBER On 21 September, it was reported in the French press that travellers from France would be required to present a negative Covid Test less than 72 […]
Hej! At IsKEA, we believe your skis should continue to give you pleasure long after they’ve done their last turns – which is why we call our approach ‘downhill design’. […]
The last two months have been a very interesting experiment. My ski season finished on March 18th when I returned to a locked down Chamonix. Movements were restricted to shopping […]
I’m often asked for recommendations for ski kit. In spring 2019 and the kick off for the 2020 season, I’ve been working with the Concept Pro Shop in Chamonix, testing […]
Here we go again – Kendal Mountain Festival 2019 is careering like an out of control train towards the opening on the 14th November. The trailer has hit the internet […]
I’m not a fan of retrospectives. Releasing an album of greatest hits usually means the artist is over the hill. But a comment from a friend this summer that a […]
Winter is coming. I have a packed program of ice climbing, off piste and ski touring to look forward to. The entire program can be found at https://andypmountainguide.com/events/ December (including […]
This is not an obituary. Martin’s mountaineering achievements are well documented, not least by the man himself in that witty and incisive manner that characterised both his writing and his […]