May 17, 2019
Category: outdoor recreation, outdoor industry, walking, camping, outdoors, travel
May 15, 2019
Paddling Is Tops In Research On Outdoor Women’s Mental Wellbeing
Women in Adventure is ‘an independent research-based project focused on empowering women through the sharing of information, inspiration and advice’. Its Women in Adventure Mental Wellbeing Survey was initiated to consider links between the outdoors and mental wellbeing in women, building on previous research regarding inspiration and issues.
May 13, 2019
How Childhood Heroes Inspired Adventure On The Everest Trail
It was 40 years ago that I finally hit the trail to Everest. And over 20 years before that that the seed for a trip to Nepal was planted. At eight years old, I won a prize for being the best-behaved boy in the class. The prize was a book – The first book of HEROES – that set me on the outdoor trail. Tales of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Captain Scott, Sir Henry Stanley, Sir Francis Drake and Marco Polo set my imagination racing through time. But it was Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay that set my pulse racing. I had to go to Nepal!
May 9, 2019
Leaving Las Vegas: Outdoor Adventures In The Silver State
There are walks for all abilities in some of the most beautiful and other-worldly scenery on the planet in Nevada. Head to Red Rock Canyon to explore Mars-like landscapes or visit Lake Tahoe to trek around the crystal-clear water.
May 4, 2019
Cool Running: Freedom And Joy With Friends
Peat, sweat and 40-year traditions make up the DNA of the Dark Peak Fell Runners (DPFR) as depicted in a hugely entertaining film by Sheffield production company Coldhouse. Shot over the course of a year in and around the Peak District National Park, the film captures the eccentricity, endeavours and endurance of one of the biggest fell running clubs in Britain.
May 1, 2019
Macro Meets Micro: How Digitalisation, Automation And Individualisation Converge
Once more, it is the traditional retail model that is likely to suffer. It’s hard to believe that brands won’t build on their own store network and ecommerce to capitalise on individualisation.
April 30, 2019
Ordnance Survey’s New Film Builds Its Campaign To Encourage People To Get Outside
Ordnance Survey (OS) has launched a short, hard-hitting film entitled ‘If only…’ in response to a UK Office for National Statistics report that said, for the first time since records began, today’s children may not live as long as their parents.
April 29, 2019
It’s Camping, Jim, But Not As We Knew It
Like everything else, camping is evolving continually. Whilst one person’s lightweight camping means backpacking with a full kit weighing just a few kilos, another’s may include packing a car with folding chairs and camp beds or just turning up at a pre-pitched, fully-equipped tipi.
April 26, 2019
Traynor On The Trail 