Outdoor
Outdoor Clothing and Equipment
You rely on your outdoor equipment and outdoor clothing to keep you alive and comfortable when you are pushing yourself in the outdoors, so you should arm yourself with the best knowledge and the most appropriate equipment.
We select our staff carefully for their knowledge and experience and they in turn select our product range which is what they would choose to use on the hills, underground or out in the backcountry. So you can be sure that our range is the best for you as well.
Come in store for more advice, for the best walking boot fitting service, or to have a rucksack, rockshoe, trail running shoe, race vest or walking shoe personally fitted by our experts.
If you can't find exactly what you are looking for or if its something a bit more unique or niche then please get in touch and we will make sure you get what you need.
Delve deeper and you can choose from the following collections of top brands plus many more:
Bushcraft: Kelly Kettle, Light My Fire, Opinel, Robens, Snugpak, Solo Stove, Ticket to the Moon and Wolf and Grizzly.
Camping: Crux, Exped, Expedition Foods, Jetboil, Lightwave, MSR, Nordisk, Primus, Sea to Summit, Trangia, Vango, VauDe, Victorinox, Wayfayrer, Wild Country Tents and Western Mountaineering.
Caving: Alp Design, Beal, Climbing Technology, Fenix, Kong, Lyon, Petzl, Raumer and Warmbac.
Climbing: 8b+, Beastmaker, Betastick, Black Diamond, Boreal, ClimbOn!, DMM (made in Wales), Edelrid, Five Ten, Grivel, La Sportiva, Moon, Ocun, Pongoose, Scarpa, Tenaya, Totem and Wild Country.
Running: CEP, Clif Bar, High 5, Injinji, Inov8, Montane, Mountain King, Raidlight, Salt Stick, Scott, Tailwind, Ultimate Direction and VJ-Sport.
Travel: Aquapac, Beaton's, Julbo, Life Systems, Life Venture, Oakley, Ortlieb and Peli Cases.
Walking: Bestard, Camelbak, Compeed, Deuter, Exped, Granger's, Kahtoola, Keen, Klean Kanteen, Leki, Lowa, Lowe Alpine, Meindl, Nalgene, Nikwax, Oboz, Salewa, Salomon, Sidas, Silva, Source, Teva and Zamberlan.
and Clothing for each activity from: Bridgedale, Buff, Buffalo, Darn Tough, Icebreaker, Mammut, Marmot, Odlo, Outdoor Research, Patagonia, Rab, Sealskinz and Tilley.
Grangers
Waterproofing Wax
The Grangers Waterproofing Wax is a soft, easy-to-apply wax, with natural beeswax, ensuring durable water-repellency and nourishment for all leather footwear.
PowerBar
Protein Plus
Treat your muscles after an intense workout or fuel your body during the day with an extra portion of protein. This will not only support muscle growth but also muscle maintenance. The 30% Protein Plus bar is rich in high-quality protein and tastes delicious. With six different flavours to choose from, you can find the right bar for your taste.
Falcon Guides
Rock Climber's Exercise Guide - Training for Strength, Power, Endurance Flexibility and Stamina
The only exercise guide a rock climber will ever need! Rock climbing is one of the most physically challenging sports, testing strength, endurance, flexibility, and stamina. To improve in the sport, climbers must build and maintain each of these assets. Written by veteran climber and performance coach, Eric Hörst, The Rock Climber's Exercise Guide provides climbers of all ages and experience with the knowledge and tools to design and follow a comprehensive, personalized exercise program. Enhance your skills, maximize your potential, and become the best climber you can be!
Pathfinder Guides
Map Reading Skills
This guide includes navigation by compass. Written by Terry Marsh, a highly experienced fell walker and outdoors writer, this guide is fully illustrated with maps, diagrams and photographs.
Harvey Maps
Superwalker XT30
The Harvey's Superwalker map set includes detailed 1:25,000 scale maps of the UK and 1:30.000 scale maps of Ireland that are exceptionally clear and easy to read. These maps are also 100% waterproof, tough and light.
Fenix
HM65R ShadowMaster
The HM65R Shadowmaster is a rethinking of the standard HM65R. The magnesium alloy body still provides a light weight for the level of durability, as well as good dissipation of heat. However, the 400 lumen floodlight has been removed, and in its place sits a 150 lumen red floodlight, while the main beam as been improved, from 1000 to 1200 lumens, to compensate for this. It is powered by an included 18650 li-ion battery.
Deuter
Mesh Zip Pack 3
The Deuter Mesh Zip Pack 3 is a lightweight zipped bag that's perfect for organised packing. The see-through top means you can clearly see the belongings you've stored inside, making sorting though your bag all the more easy.
Scottish Mountaineering Club
The Outer Hebrides
The comprehensive SMC Outer Hebrides climbers' guide covers adventurous sea cliff climbing.
Petzl
Comfort Foam for Canyon Club Harness
The Petzl Comfort Foam for Canyon Club Harness will improve comfort during long suspensions. It fits onto the waist-belt webbing of the Canyon Club harness.
Petzl
Cutaway Sling for Canyon Club Harness
The Petzl Cutaway Sling for Canyon Club Harness allows a person to be quickly freed from a blockage, without damaging the harness or the rope. It is easy to install with a girth hitch on the harness attachment point.
Vango
F10 Helium UL 1
The Vango F10 Helium Ultralight 1-man tent is for minimalist usage. The hybrid tunnel design creates a compact and reliable shelter for adventures in the wilderness. TBS® Pro and pre-bend poles deliver exceptional strength and stability. The strategic vents allow for a through flow of air, reducing condensation. Extremely lightweight with a small pack size, this tent won't hold you back.
Falcon Guides
Climbing: From Gym To Rock
Climbing: From Gym to Rock is a pocket-size instructional climbing book with the backing of the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) that focuses on getting indoor climbers outdoors. The book will feature information on environment and terrain, types of crag, best practices, and more. Photos will be throughout.
Great Western Rock
The Gilwern Area
The Gilwern Area is the first, fully comprehensive guide to the wealth of sport climbing and bouldering on the hillsides straddling the village of Gilwern, near Abergavenny. Gilwern Hill has been popular for a long time with climbers from Bristol, Gloucestershire and South Wales, the best of its climbing on top of the mountain with a huge panorama.
Raumer
Rock Hanger with 2 rings
The Raumer Rock Hanger (with 2 rings) has been entirely constructed in stainless steel, this combines a Rock Ø 10 bolt hanger with two round 10mm rings. This combination gives the rope in the lower ring complete freedom of movement whether the force is tensile or shear.
Cockerel
Gower New Developments 2020
A South Wales Climbing Wiki Supplement covering new trad climbs since the Gower New Developments 2020, inc. Tear's Point, Thurba East Gully, Red Chamber, Black Hole Crag and Holy's Wash Buttress.