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On June 27th 2023, Ida-Sophie Hegemann became the first woman to conquer the entire distance of the Karwendel Höhenwegin Austria in a single push, setting a new Female FKT record in the process with a time of 10 hours and 42 minutes. In the new The North Face short film Karwendel we follow the awe-inspiring…
ONSIGHT, by Janelle Dransfield and Rachel Ross features Blind Athlete and Black Diamond Product Developer Seneida Biendarra, as she finds herself embracing her journey on a worldwide competition stage. When her vision began to deteriorate, Seneida Biendarra found solace in climbing. But it wasn’t until she found climbers that she finally learned to open up…
Polartec, a Milliken & Company brand and the premium creator of innovative and more sustainable textile solutions, has launched its newly revamped website. Designed to deliver a seamless and engaging browsing experience for all, the site now caters more effectively to the company’s brand partners and its growing base of direct consumers. It also makes…
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the Bundesverband der Deutschen Sportartikel-Industrie (BSI) have announced details of an update to an initiative that aims to standardise and harmonise product sustainability data across the outdoor sector. The Sustainability Data Exchange Questionnaire version 2.0 (SDEX 2.0) will be launched during a free webinar on Wednesday 24 July, and…
The British Mountaineering Council – BMC, the national representative body for England and Wales that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers, has overhauled the brand as it looks to better serve future generations. The decision to review its purpose, mission, vision, and values follows…
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is bringing thrilling new adventure films to the big screen at venues around the UK and Ireland in 2024. With extreme skiing, mountain biking, climbing and more, the Banff Mountain Film Festival features two new collections of gripping action films from remote regions of the globe. “Get ready for an…
Integral to Hilleberg’s philosophy is the idea that tents should be rigorously function-first. Avid outdoorsman and company founder Bo Hilleberg found himself continually frustrated by tents that required a complicated, multi-step pitching process. He envisioned a tent with linked inner and outer tents that could be pitched simultaneously and so, together with his wife Renate,…
The IOL Introduction to Outdoor Retail The purpose of the ‘Introduction to Outdoor Retail’ project is to provide an entry level of training for outdoor retail staff for those working in their first retail role, or those who wish to progress in their retail career. There is no such transferrable and nationally recognised training at…