Field Journal

The North Face Mountain Festival review

The North Face Mountain Festival review

The North Face Mountain Festival 2016 has just come to a close. Here we look back over the event, athlete talks and fun at the festival ...

Flying with swans

Flying with swans

Conservationist Sacha Dench of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust launched a paramotor on a 4,500 mile trip following the migration of endangered Bewick’s swans...

Cycling hungry

Cycling hungry

Laura Bingham cycled from the east coast of Ecuador, over the Andes and through the Amazon, to the Atlantic. ...

Kendal Mountain Festival returns for 2016

Kendal Mountain Festival returns for 2016

Offering by far the largest and most varied film and speaker programme in its 30+ year history, the Kendal Mountain Festival is back for 2016....

Review: Fjällräven Abisko Lite 2 Tent

Review: Fjällräven Abisko Lite 2 Tent

We try out the Fjällräven Abisko Lite 2 Tent...

Caroline Ciavaldini conquers Voie Petit

Caroline Ciavaldini conquers Voie Petit

French climber Caroline Ciavaldini becomes first female to reach summit of notorious Alpine route Voie Petit...

Alex Strohl: Life Off Grid

Alex Strohl: Life Off Grid

Photographer Alex Strohl's first book Alternative Living Vol 1 documents people living in remote parts of Europe off grid. We interview Alex about the trip...

Sébastien Montaz-Rosset: Filming Mountains

Sébastien Montaz-Rosset: Filming Mountains

Award-winning adventure filmmaker Sébastien Montaz-Rosset speaks to Suzy Bennett about his job, what inspires him, and the heartache of losing a friend ...

Woodland Connections

Woodland Connections

Millican x Miscellaneous Adventures is a collaboration that promotes creative freedom and positive change....

One steppe beyond

One steppe beyond

Daniel Reeds and his fiancée rode 1,000 km across Mongolia in one of the world's longest and toughest horse races ...

The Hug Run // Part Three

The Hug Run // Part Three

Morgan Cardiff is documenting the journey of Dave Chamberlain, part-way through the ‘Hug Run’ – a seven-year, 64,000km run taking him all over the world. ...

On The Wall

On The Wall

Waldo Etherington reflects on vertically hauling 400kg of gear up the north-west face of the Mirror Wall in remote Greenland....

Ocean Film Festival World Tour

Ocean Film Festival World Tour

UK audiences will once again be able to immerse themselves in the wonders of the ocean without getting their feet wet, as the Ocean Film Festival World Tour returns to theatres this autumn after last year’s highly acclaimed Tour....

The Search

The Search

A spectacular climbing safari of the South African Western Cape terrain, embarking on trad climbs all around the hidden treasures of the Rocklands area. ...

Five days over the Pacific

Five days over the Pacific

It's been a year since André Borschberg accomplished a five-day flight over the Pacific Ocean with Solar Impulse 2. Now we hear their story. ...

The Hug Run // Part Two

The Hug Run // Part Two

Morgan Cardiff is documenting the journey of Dave Chamberlain, part-way through the ‘Hug Run’ – a seven-year, 64,000km run taking him all over the world. ...

From the Zugspitz Ultratrail

From the Zugspitz Ultratrail

The Zugspitz Ultratrail is a 101-kilometre race around the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain. Photographer Kelvin Trautman covered the gruelling race...

BMW Sail Racing Academy

BMW Sail Racing Academy

Experiencing sail racing with BMW in Palma de Mallorca ...

Psychovertical: The movie

Psychovertical: The movie

As a Kickstarter campaign has been launched to make Andy Kirkpatrick's book Psychovertical into a film, we catch up with filmmaker Jen Randall and Andy ...

Columbia OutDry Extreme ECO

Columbia OutDry Extreme ECO

We take a look at the Columbia OutDry Extreme ECO – a high-performance environmentally friendly rain jacket....

Running Easter Island

Running Easter Island

Trail runner Dan Slater ran 70km around Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, and climbing its volcanoes. Here he tells his story ...

Song For Tomorrow

Song For Tomorrow

This April, Mayan Smith-Gobat and Ben Rueck teamed up with China’s renowned climbers Liu Yongbang (Abond) and Xiao Ting for an expedition to explore the Qingfeng Valley...

James Ketchell: Row GB

James Ketchell: Row GB

As James Ketchell sets off on a 2,000-mile solo, unsupported row around the UK, Sidetracked talks to him about the trip and his new book...

Kendal Mountain Festival Outdoor Cinema Cumbria tour

Kendal Mountain Festival Outdoor Cinema Cumbria tour

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