. It was always a pleasure to spend a couple of hours inhis company going through the latest ME range and just chatting.ME felt it was fitting that the Mark Clifford Grant shouldconcentrate on encouraging and supporting young mountaineers. In hisrole as Marketing

Vibram rubber outsole with increased protection in heel and toe areas. Lighter but still functional seems to be the gist of it.The fit of the new footwear is also slightly altered with a new last that's a little broader in the metatarsus area compared to

, though six-footers and above may need more pole,particularly on descents.There's an extended soft grip handle for easy traversing, an esyto adjust wrist strap and the weight is 500 grammes. And yes, theyshould fit easily into your rucksac, saving you

One of the more interesting developments at the recent OutDoor European trade show in Germany was the launch of KEEN's new CNX collection of lighter, lower footwear designed, says KEEN, to 'feel like a natural extension of the foot'.Classic Fit

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of a lightweight, close-fitting upper and a stiff, low-profile sole unit complete with sticky rubber outsole worked brilliantly on harder scrambles and easy mountain routes. Scarpa compromised the concept with a

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to flex at the forefoot rather than the middle of the foot and that excessive flex could eventually cause the crampon to fracture, however we've not come across this actually happening.And just as crucially modern cradle fittings mean that the crampon

.Because of the stretch in the fabric, ME has been able to up its game on the fit front and the Javelin has a brilliant, close, technical cut in the body, while the sleeves are cut generously enough to let you roll the cuffs up to elbow level for a bit of extra venting

navigation skills and lack of fitness.To put the figures in perspective, calls to serious incidents in Cumbria rose from 400 in 2008 to 438 in 2009, while North Wales call-outs rose from 151 to 252.In the Lake District, the chairman of The Lake District