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Sh*t happens
August 31, 2008
This week I was due to be flying to Grand Cayman for a spot of diving. Hurrican Gustav put a stop to all that and I’m now stuck in the Bahamas. Sh*t happens.
The Arch stock UAX clothing
August 22, 2008
Coming to a climbing wall near you. . .
The Arch climbing wall will be receiving thier first shipment of UAX goods within the next 4 weeks.
This is the first retail partnership for UAX in the UK, and we’re proud to be working alongside such a cool bunch of people.
T-Shirt of the week – British Cycling
August 20, 2008
TRIPLE GOLD! Chris Hoy wins his third title in Bejing — arise Sir Hoy! In honour of Chris Hoy and all the other British Cyclists who have proved to the world Britannia not only rules the waves, but rules the track too, UAX have created this very special Cycling T-Shirt of the week.
YAKKAY
August 15, 2008
Every once in a while someone takes something mundane, sprinkles a little magic dust, and shazzam! creates something very cool.
YAKKAY have done just that with thier range of bicycle helmets with a difference. . . .
OUTDOORSmagic.com
August 15, 2008
The UAX word is starting to spread. . . .
This time a great review from the guys at OUTDOORSmagic.com
Old Man Of Hoy – BASE 1st Descent
July 25, 2008
Roger Holmes, Gus Hutchinson-Brown and Tim Emmett made the first recorded BASE jump descent of The Old Man Hoy at 9.00pm, May 14th, 2008. This film of their adventure, dedicated to Gus Hutchinson-Brown who sadly died in a BASE jumping accident in Austria after this film was made.
You can read an account of their adventure by Tim Emmett at the Planet Fear website
New Lundy climbing guidebook
July 23, 2008
Paul Harrison’s new guidebook to Lundy is now in print. It has been fourteen years since the last guidebook to the island was published, and for many of the island’s devotees it has been a long wait for this second edition. However, the new guidebook is great. Its high production quality , coupled with the fact it contains almost double the information as the last one has made all the waiting worthwhile.
Lundy is no ordinary climbing area. It is one of the best places on earth for sea cliff adventures. Fittingly, Paul Harrison, assisted by Simon Cardy and Neil Dickson, have created a guidebook like no other. Harrison has spent more time climbing on Lundy over the past two decades than anyone, and his encyclopaedic knowledge of the island’s cliffs. His knowledge gives this book a clarity and consistency that few other comprehensive guidebooks have achieved. Cardy’s superb maps and photodiagrams are an invaluable new resource for Lundy climbers too. Many of the photos that illustrate them have been taken from the sea, giving an overview of the most complex areas (such as the Old Light cliffs) that will save newcomers to the island getting lost in waist-high bracken in search of the classics. Cardy had also re-drawn the maps from the 1994 guide at a larger scale and in colour, and these will further assist Lundy first-timers. Neil Dickson, the man responsible for Lundy’s first and only E9, has compiled an excellent and engaging Chronology that replaces the traditional essay-based history section. The entire book is illustrated throughout with outstanding images by a variety of photographers. In short, Lundy , 2008 is a modern day climbing guide classic. This guidebook defines a new standard for Climbers’ Guides.
T-Shirt of the week
July 22, 2008
Each week (starting from today) we’ll be selecting a very special T-Shirt called ‘T-shirt’ of the week. Currently we have no formal method of selection, we’re thinking we might choose a T-shirt design with a funny story attached to it, or a design which has sold particully well (or badly) or a random design just because we can. Feel free to contact us with your suggestions too, we’ll probably send you something nice in return . . .
This week we’ve chosen our Bouldering T-Shirt in honor of Skyler Weekes who smashed his own Guinnes World Dyno Record this week with a staggering 2.65m leap of faith. Read the full World Dyno Record story here
The Ride Journal
July 21, 2008
‘The Ride’ is a brand new bicycle magazine which came out in June. Interest was beyond expectations, and the first limited edition issue of ‘The Ride’ sold out in record time. To receive information on the next issue send the guys at ‘The Ride’ an email. Full details at their website: www.theridejournal.com
