Mountain King Trail Blaze poles... I’ve just received my long anticipated delivery of Trail Blaze poles and wasted no time in escaping for a very autumnal round of the Fairfield Horseshoe, complete with the first dusting of snow it’s seen this season! I found these poles to be a revelation. As a long term pole [...]
I finally took the Trail Blaze poles for a proper outing on Saturday - 12 miles or so over Kinder Scout… I carried them on the pack for the first 2 or 3 miles - incredibly light and easy to stow - then tried them for ascending via Jacob’s Ladder - and reminded myself of [...]
I’ll be honest… When I first saw the Trail Blaze poles I thought I’d break them within a month. Perfect for ultralight backpacking and mountain running (which is what they are designed for) but not tough enough for everyday mountaineering and hill walking use. After a year of regular use and abuse they are still [...]
A customers review of the Leki Khumbu Speedlock Trekking Poles I've just returned from a two week backpacking holiday in Scotland using the Leki Khumbu speed lock poles I bought online from you after asking your advice on the phone, I was very impressed. Being quite a big lad I put quite a lot of [...]
Our Lake District Map Reading and Navigation Courses are really popular with outdoor people who want to learn or improve their navigation and hill skills. Here are some customer testimonials and course reviews from our 2013 navigation for beginners courses: 'Just like to say how much Lesley and I enjoyed and benefited from your navigation [...]
Leki have been in the trekking pole business longer than anyone else on the market and it’s always interesting to me to see their take on emerging trends in equipment design. The use of poles has been widely embraced by a number of active outdoor sports people including ultra-distance mountain runners, mountaineers and paragliders. The [...]
This Review for the UK made Carbon Compact Trekking Pole from Mountain King comes from a TGO Magazine Gear Test. March 2009. These British made poles are very light and compact which means and don’t extend as much as most poles, which is fine as long as you’re not very tall. (Editors Note: There are [...]
Customer, Magazine and users reviews of the Leki Carbonlite Trekking poles. Leki Carbonlite Poles Win Outdoor Gear Awards Outdoor Gear of the Year Awards 2009, 1st Place... Leki Carbonlite Trekking Poles “Outdoor” magazine, Germany’s equivalent of “Trail” magazine, has awarded 1st place to the Leki Carbonlite pole in their Outdoor Gear of the Year Awards [...]
