Posts Tagged ‘hiking’
Cleaning up with Envirotrek
100 million. That’s how many visitors the European alps get each year. Every one of those visitors leaves their mark on the mountain. In some cases it might just be a footprint or a ski track, but all too often it’s something far worse: rubbish.
All-new Outdoor Adventure Guide out now
Outdoor Adventure Guide is back and on the newsstand right now, packed with 100 pages of outdoor goodness, including:
Reader Adventure - Long Nights in Bhutan
We teamed up with Ellis Brigham to offer our readers the chance to become published adventure writers.
Reader Adventure: “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail”

We teamed up with Ellis Brigham to offer our readers the chance to become published adventure writers.
The Killarney Adventure Race

A small but doughty Team OAG took on one of Ireland’s premier outdoor events recently: the Killarney Adventure Race 2012 (KAR).
Walking Boots: Merrel Chameleon Arc 2 Rival

I tested these completing the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge - a 12 hour hike where you conquer three mountains. I needed shoes that were stable, able to withstand that grim Yorkshire rain and left me nimble footed while scrambling rocks, and the Chameleon Arc 2s were just the ticket. The combination of the Eva foot […]
Walking Boots: Hanwag Dakota GTX

Hanwag Dakota GTX Walking Boots I was lucky enough to complete a life long dream and walk the Inca Trail this September. Great, but I needed a show that would fit the job: one with enough ankle support for all the ascent and a mountain paths, one that felt sturdy and stable but which wasn’t […]
Walking Boots: Hanwag Tatra Wide

I had a Summer hiking trip in the Alps booked and was looking for a boot to handle the huge variety of conditions I knew we would be facing. Sure enough, it was warm, chilly, dry, wet, steep, flat -you name it. It had to be something that could handle uneven ground but that would […]
The ultimate trekking kit

OAG Office Manager, Susan, and her family spent the Summer hiking through Peru, completing the classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. She gives us the low down on the gear that saw her to the end.
Approach Shoes: La Sportiva Boulder X

A very rugged shoe that has so far coped with everything I’ve thrown at it.