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Ethan Thomas
Summiteer Repair Shop - Reattaching soles to shoes

Summiteer Repair Shop - Reattaching soles to shoes

In the first of our repair shop series, I take one of my old Five Ten Approach shoes and reattach its sole using Gear Aid's Shoe Repair Adhesive.

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Summiteer Crag Rocket - Used and Abused by Owen Pearce

Summiteer Crag Rocket - Used and Abused by Owen Pearce

When we first designed the Crag Rocket we gave it to Professional Mountaineering Instructor (MIA), Owen Pearce, to use and abuse. Over the past 6 months Owen has used the crag rocket as his 'go to' rucksack, from days at work in the Lake District to Alpine Climbing in the French Alps and ice climbing in Norway.

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Ethical Down Update :11th June 2017

Ethical Down Update :11th June 2017

Since starting this company we've always been concerned about ethical practices - more than anything this is for our own moral conscience. From Summiteer's point of the view being successful is entirely unrewarding if it is off the back of something bad, or someone else's suffering. At the time of starting this company the factory we used was in an ideal situation. It was exclusively receiving down from one farm. The benefit to this was that for us, as a company that cared about this kind of thing, we could investigate this specific farm more easily. Some of you may have noticed...

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Ethan Thomas
10 Things for Summer Rock Climbing

10 Things for Summer Rock Climbing

10 Things for Summer Rock Climbing  It's that time of year when we put on our sticky boots and delve into a summer of rock climbing, still a little rusty from the winter. Mark Walker from New Routes Adventure has shared with us 10 things he does to make the most of his season. 1. Know where to go Have a Winter Climbers mentality and look at the wind direction. It does 2 things; Dries rock Blows climbers around   2. Have a go-bag  Military people, doomsday preppers and oddballs have these things called go bags (basically for items in...

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