• Camping |
  • Bivi Bags
  • Bothy Bags
  • Cookware
  • Flasks
  • Food and Drink
  • Food Storage
  • Fuel
  • Hydration
  • Lighting
  • Tools

  • Repairs and Servicing
  • Sleeping Bag Liners
  • Sleeping Bags
  • Sleeping Mats
  • Stoves
  • Stuff Sacks
  • Tarps
  • Tent Accessories
  • Tents
• Caving |
  • Ascenders
  • Bags and Barrels
  • Bolts and Anchors
  • Clothing
  • Descenders
  • Harnesses
  • Helmets
  • Karabiners and Connectors
  • Ladders
  • Lights and Accessories

  • Pulleys
  • Rope and Accessorries
• Climbing |
  • Ascenders
  • Avalanche
  • Belay Devices
  • Bolts and Anchors
  • Bouldering Mats
  • Camming Devices
  • Chalk Bags
  • Cleaning and Reproofing
  • Cord and Tape
  • Crampons
  • Descenders
  • Harnesses
  • Helmets
  • Ice and Snow Protection
  • Ice Tools

  • Karabiners and Connectors
  • Nuts and Stoppers
  • Pack Deals
  • Pegs and Aid
  • Pulleys
  • Quickdraws
  • Rack Accessories
  • Rockshoes
  • Rope
  • Rope Care
  • Slings and Extenders
  • Training
  • Trousers and Shorts
• Clothing |
  • Base Layers
  • Cleaning and Reproofing
  • Down
  • Fleece
  • Gaiters
  • Hats
  • Mitts and Gloves
  • Pile and Pertex

  • Repairs and Servicing
  • Shirts and Tees
  • Socks
  • Soft Shell
  • Synthetic Filled Clothing
  • Trousers and Shorts
  • Waterproofs
  • Windproofs
• Footwear |
  • Approach Shoes
  • Cleaning and Reproofing
  • Expedition Boots
  • Footbeds and Accessories
  • Mountain Boots

  • Pavement Crampons
  • Repairs and Servicing
  • Sandals
  • Trekking Poles
  • Walking Boots
  • Wellington Boots
• Navigation |
  • Altimeters
  • Compasses
  • Digital Mapping
  • GPS
  • Map Cases

  • Maps
  • Orienteering
  • Pedometers
• Running |
  • Hydration Vests
  • Running Backpacks
  • Running Belts and Bumbags
  • Running Clothing
  • Running Lights
  • Running Poles

  • Running Socks
  • Running Sunglasses
  • Running Watches
  • Running Water Bottles
  • Trail Running Shoes
• Sacks and Bags |
  • Backpacking
  • Bumbags
  • Child Carriers
  • Day Sacks
  • Drybags
  • Holdalls

  • Rack Accessories
  • Rucksack Accessories
  • Security
  • Travel Packs
• Travel |
  • Binoculars
  • Camera Bags
  • Comfort
  • Emergency
  • First Aid
  • Glasses
  • Hammocks
  • Insect Repellants
  • Mosquito Nets
  • Notepads
  • Personal Hygiene
  • Phone Cases
  • Security
  • Ski Goggles
  • Skin Protection
  • Solar Chargers
  • Wallets Belts and Cases
  • Water Treatment
• Books and DVDs
  • Books
  • Cards

  • DVDs
  • Magazines
  • Prints and Posters

Personal hygiene may not seem to be something at the forefront of every mountaineer or traveller's mind, but perhaps it should be.

Normal products for keeping you, your food and your clothes clean are often not as user friendly in the field as they are at home, and in fact some can be seriously damaging. To enable you to keep clean and healthy, and also to be kind to your surroundings and pack weight at the same time we have collected together a number of useful items. So stay in this section of the catalogue for:

• biodegradeable soaps for all uses,
• lightweight, compact, quick drying towels,
• sensible wash kits and bags,
• universal sink plugs and
• pegless clothes lines, among other things.

Basics first, soap! We have three different kinds from Life Venture. The versatile All Purpose Soap comes in a handy bottle and can be used for washing people, clothes and food. As the name suggests Fabric Soap is intended specifically for washing clothes and towels, but the star of the show is without doubt Life Venture Dry Wash. This can be used without water absolutely anywhere, and saves you the glacial melt water dip Chris is enjoying in the picture. It is absolutely perfect for washing sweat, dirt and general muck off your hands before lunch, and it'll evaporate away leaving you dry and clean.

Life Venture also provide us with travel clothes lines, sink plugs, and luxourious but light Trek Towels. A small range of foot hygiene products from Care Plus and lightweight pocket mirrors from Coghlans add to the collection. Gentleman adventurers seeking to plug their electric shavers into exotic sockets will benefit from the LifeSystems Worldwide Travel Adaptor, and ladies who spend long, bladder-straining periods in Expedition Down Suits, salopettes, caving suits, or kayaking dry suits will find the Shewee very helpful indeed. Combined with a Nalgene bottle, they also provide an ideal system to avoid leaving your warm, dry tent for a midnight wee.

Store all your hygienic joys in a Lowe Alpine or Life Venture wash bag for easy access too.