Coming soon from people who make books is The Girl's Guide To Action Sports,a guide to five mostly male-dominated adventure sports aimed, it sayshere, specifically atwomen.Thebook, which is dueout in March, covers five outdoors sports - adventure

Latest volume from Lonely Planet is The Lake District Travel Guidecomplete with walking, biking and driving - no... - routes.Of course those are just asmall part of the book which in true Lonely Planet fashion sets out totell you pretty much everything you need to know about the ...

Boot, meet crampon, crampon meet boot... A marriage made inheaven, yes if you follow the OUTDOORSmagic crampon buyers' guide aswe rake our sharp front points through the murky complications ofmetal spikiness. Now if only we could have something

's Buyer's Guide, but this monthit's the spikey things that you hold in your hands we're looking at -what type of axe, how long, leashes and more. Choosing the right iceaxe can make a big difference to your winter walking ormountaineering and could

As clothing and camping kit gets smaller, lighter and moreexpensive, you could argue that the need for great big large capacitypacks is lessening, but there are still plenty of people out therelooking for a large capacity pack for multi-day use.The good news is that modern packs ...

The Yorkshire Dales walking guide, The West Highland Way and a volume covering easy walks on the Isle of Skye.First off, the books do exactly what they say on the can being just under 4x6 inches and around 100 pages thick, or thin rather, about a quarter

Planning the ideal adventure isn't always easy but the stress involved in planning an outdoors adventure may now be a thing of the past; if you're travelling to Cumbria that is. The Cumbria Tourist Board has released a new outdoors guide and claim

and TheRoaches, but you'll also find routes at more modest venues likeCastle Naze and Windgather plus fair weather only venues like KinderNorth and South.We're big fans of Vertebrate's approach to walking and mountainbiking guides and the new climbing book

Cicerone has launched what promises to be the first two ina series of Lakeland Fellranger guidebooks that promise to bea Wainwright for the 21st Century and they're also running an 'oldfor new' swap deal for owners of older versions.TheLakeland Fellranger was originally launched ...

-fitting baselayers, erm,yeurk.That's why our latest Buyer's Guide covers hot weather clothingand equipment. Most of the advice is aimed at British summer use, butapplies equally well in hot conditions abroad.One last thing, always be aware that even when it