The North Face Mountain Athletics: Training for More Than a Game Dave Casey October 13, 2015 Bike, Bushwalk & Camp, Climb, Fitness, Reviews, Snow Sports Today’s outdoor athletes are climbing higher, running longer and going bigger. Rather than solely focusing on their activities in the outdoors, athletes are doing a lot more activity-specific exercises for...
Angie Scarth-Johnson joins The North Face Athlete Team Lachlan Gardiner September 2, 2015 Climb, Community Angie Scarth-Johnson, 11, of the Blue Mountains, NSW has joined The North Face Australia and New Zealand athlete team. Angie joins a strong team of local athletes as the first female climber, and certainly the...
How to Make a Rope Mat Dave Casey July 21, 2015 Climb Have the time and patience, why not transform your old rope into a rope mat – for use at home or as a sit mat for camping or the crag. Those happy climbing experiences will all come flooding back every time...
First Look: Scarpa Crux Dave Casey June 17, 2015 Bushwalk & Camp, Climb, Reviews The Scarpa Crux has been available in Europe and North America for a couple of years now and have won awards & been lusted at by climbers and day walkers in Australia from afar. However the good news is...
Technical Mountaineering Course – The trip Lachlan Gardiner June 3, 2015 Climb, New Zealand, Snow Sports 1 Comment A couple weeks ago I talked about my preparation & gear for a Technical Mountaineering Course in New Zealand. Now’s it’s time to report on how it all went! Like any stingy climber I found myself at...
Technical Mountaineering Course – Preparation & Gear Lachlan Gardiner May 6, 2015 Climb, Gear, New Zealand 3 Comments For many years now, probably since I was a kid, I've dreamed of the big mountains of this world and how amazing it would be to experience their grandeur up close. The problem is, I was born on the lowest...
Australian Climbing Festival 2014 Roisin Briscoe April 3, 2014 Athletes, Climb Within the climbing community there are dozens of different groups that all cover different aspects of our sport. These different groups encompass the competitive climbers who mostly train indoors; the...