Dave Mycroft picks outten ways that modern technology has changed the outdoors frombreathable waterproof fabrics like Gore-Tex, through GPS and digitalmapping v via lightweight fabrics and titanium pans right through to,erm, chocolate...Twenty years

Leod and watch hisextraordinary new film, Echo Wall.More about that on the site soon, but one of the aims of the visit, wasto explain a little about how Gore-Tex fabrics are developed and howMountain Equipment, in particular, uses its association with Plas y

Gore-Tex Active ShellGore-Tex Active ShellWell, it's almost the end of the first week of 2012, so before we career off into the middle distance, here's a quick look at ten things that impressed us over the last 12 months plus one particular launch

and that tube really is a lethal rocket launcher. Your lucky Gore-Tex colour for 2004 is - rather unfortunately - puce. Your outdoor love stars Don't boil your belay bunny in 2004 - trust is all for you and a

these elevations more than usually hazardous. If that sounds familiar, it's because 2004 really will be a re-run of 2003, but slightly worse. Your lucky Gore-Tex colour is Brown. Your outdoor love stars A beautiful

they look pretty good anyway...Pleased to meet you...We don't see many mammals in the OM gallery, apart from the Gore-Tex clad variety, but when we do they're worth waiting for. George Monaghan's new friends up near Glen Coe make for a fantastic photo

minute you're reaching for the tripod; the next you're reaching for the Gore-Tex jacket...The After Glen Coe album has been bulking up a fair bit recently and it's full of photos where the combination of light and cloud seems to be just about perfect

boots to reach the snow-line then think again - four paws will do just as nicely! This reindeer firmly denies using a Gore-Tex lined boot, a chairlift, or any other shortcut up a mountain, but he does admit to meeting the Ultimate Outdoors staff

the donkeys can rival your brightly coloured Gore-Tex for vividness.As you climb higher up the valley, you get impressive views of the ‘lesser’ summits of Annapurna – Annapurna 2, 3 and 4 – and of Gangapurna. But where is the main summit? It may be hard

, and less Gore-Tex fabric, there’s also a biography of Wainwright, whose footsteps most of us have followed, up hill, down dale, and through the odd Cumbrian bog too. The Big PeaksThe North Face of the Eiger may not be one of the tallest peaks in the world