Category: News

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  28th August 2018 INTERVIEW | Tom Livingstone Talks Latok I

  The highly coveted first ascent of Latok I [7145m] from the North was made by a British-Slovenian team consisting of Mountain Equipment Pro-Team athlete, Tom Livingstone alongside Aleš Česen and... Read more

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  16th August 2018 Day a Mountain Changed My Life | August Winner

  This year Mountain Equipment has teamed up with Trail Magazine in association with John Muir Trust in order to discover writing talent inspired by the mountain environments we all love... Read more

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  13th August 2018 First Ascent on Latok I for British Alpinist Tom Livingstone, Slovenian Alpinists Ales Cesen, Luka Strazar

  **UPDATE FROM TOM LIVINGSTONE** “We are all mega psyched, all safe and back after 7 days on the mountain. We acclimatised on 2 trips up to 6300m. Our route is 2400m,... Read more

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  13th July 2018 Squall Hooded Jacket | UKClimbing Highly Recommended

  The Squall Hooded Jacket and Squall Women’s Hooded Jacket has received a ‘Highly Recommended’ award on the UKClimbing Summer Softshell Group Test 2018. Each product in the test was awarded marks... Read more

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  18th June 2018 Mountain Equipment Retains Fair Wear Foundation ‘Leader Status’

  Mountain Equipment has been awarded the Fair Wear Foundation ‘Leader Status’ for a second year running, the highest of their performance benchmarking categories for sustainable solutions across factory conditions.  ... Read more

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  8th June 2018 Watch Dave MacLeod’s 24|8 Film

  In one long day, Dave MacLeod, along with Kevin Woods somehow keeping up with his camera, completed his long standing 24/8 project, one of the most remarkable days out ever... Read more

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  23rd May 2018 Aerostat Mats | They’re really good but……..we’ve made a mistake.

  Earlier this year we launched our new Aerostat range of down and synthetic insulated mats. They’ve received rave reviews and been successfully tested in places are far flung as Alaska,... Read more

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  11th May 2018 Nick Bullock | Tides | Slovak Direct, Alaska

  With the release of Nick Bullock’s much-anticipated follow-up to his critically acclaimed first book Echoes, we’re publishing two extracts from Tides: a climber’s voyage here on the Mountain Equipment blog. This... Read more

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  20th April 2018 Fun or Fear : New Route on Mt. Jezebel by Uisdean Hawthorn, Tom Livingstone

  Uisdean Hawthorn and Tom Livingstone have successfully climbed the new route, Fun or Fear, on the East face of Mt. Jezebel (2880m), Revelation Mountains, Alaska; roughly graded at M6+, 90... Read more

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  28th February 2018 New Cuillin Ridge Winter Traverse Record by Uisdean Hawthorn

  Uisdean Hawthorn On Monday 26th of February 24 Year old Scot Uisdean Hawthorn set a new record for a winter traverse of Skye’s iconic Cuillin Ridge with his time of 4... Read more