Outdoor Gear Chat

Get in touch! Part 9 of our Kendal Mountain Festival 2024 Season. Recorded live out and about at the festival, Cathy and Wayne are joined by Tim Francis, Regional Trainer and Account Manager for Grangers International. We chat about the new changes in waterproof fabrics, why and how we need to look after them differently - including why you may wish to tumble dry or even iron your waterproof garments! Grangers have been offering a wealth of cleaning and proofing products since the 1930's an...

Get in touch!Part 8 of our Kendal Mountain Festival 2024 Season.Recorded live out and about at the festival, Cathy and Wayne are joined by Matt Haigh, Key Account Manager for Osprey.Osprey celebrate their 50th Anniversary this year and in this episode we chat about the history of a company that specialises in Rucsacks and load carrying systems.Listen ,learn and if you are able, please consider donating to our chosen charity: Community Action NepalKendal Mountain Festival | Share the Adventure...

Get in touch!Part 7 of our Kendal Mountain Festival 2024 Season.Recorded live out and about at the festival, Cathy and Wayne are joined by Lucy Speakman, Director of Addidas, Terrex and 5:10 and Andrea Paulson, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Technology at Primaloft.Primaloft is an industry leader in synthetic insulation and in this episode you'll hear about the passion that goes into every stage of creating the award winning Terrex Xperior jacket.Listen ,learn and if you are able, pl...

Get in touch! Part 6 of our Kendal Mountain Festival 2024 Season. Recorded live out and about at the festival, Cathy and Wayne are joined by Alice Sainsbury, Product Designer for Berghaus Adapts. This is a fascinating insight into Berghaus' drive to create adaptive outdoor clothing for adventurers with additional needs where we discuss garments adjusted for limb length, additions to aid moving limbs and design features allowing for catheters. Listen ,learn and if you are able, please consi...

Get in touch! Part 5 of our Kendal Mountain Festival 2024 Season. Recorded live out and about at the festival, Cathy and Wayne are joined by Isla McCay, Communications Officer for Glenmore Lodge, the National Outdoor Training Centre. Glenmore Lodge has consistently delivered world class training in a wealth of outdoor activities for 70 years from it's stunning base nestled at the base of the Cairngorm Mountains. Isla explains how courses are continually evolving and how your course may not ...

Get in touch!Part 4 of our Kendal Mountain festival 2024 Season.Recorded live out and about at the festival, Cathy and Wayne are joined by Catriona Shearer, UK Account Marketing Manager and PR Specialist for W.L.Gore Ltd.We chat about fabrics, testing and how Gore-Tex is changing to reduce it's impact on the environment.Listen ,learn, laugh and if you are able, please consider donating to our chosen charity: https://www.canepal.org.uk/Kendal Mountain Festival | Share the AdventureThe Climbers...

Get in touch!Part 3 of our Kendal Mountain festival 2024 Season.Recorded live out and about at the festival, Cathy and Wayne are joined by Malcolm Rudge, Product Design Manager at Mountain Equipment.If you have ever wondered how a glove is made, how many pieces are in a glove, how they are waterproof and why certain gloves work with a smart phone and others don't then you will find all your answers here!Listen ,learn, laugh and if you are able, please consider donating to our chosen charity: ...

Get in touch!Part 2 of our Kendal Mountain Festival 2024 seasonRecorded in front of a live audience at Kendal Mountain Festival, Cathy chats with KMF CEO Jacqui Scott about their unique journeys into and through the Outdoor industry, how they have balanced motherhood through their careers and how they are helping those just starting out.Fair warning: there is a little bit of language, a lot of crazy stories and plenty of laughter but if you are expecting advice on how to be a perfect mother -...

Get in touch!Part 1 of our Kendal Mountain Festival 2024 seasonCathy talks with Jon Frederick, Group Marketing Director for Equip (Global) about their key brand Rab.Recorded in front of a live Audience this fascinating episode gives a real insight into how your favourite outdoor garments journey from concept to reality. This years festival theme is "Balance" and this podcast looks not just at how we, as users, offset or compare the value of one garment over another but also at how production ...

Get in touch!There are big changes happening in the world of waterproofs . They're a long time coming and are great news for the environment BUT we will all need to learn how to use and maintain the new technologies. In this final part of three "waterproof special" podcasts, Cathy and Wayne are joined by Tim Francis Regional Trainer and Account Manager for Grangers International, to discuss why new waterproof fabrics will need to be washed and re-proofed more frequently than older garmen...

Get in touch!There are big changes happening in the world of waterproofs . They're a long time coming and are great news for the environment BUT we will all need to learn how to use and maintain the new technologies. In this second of three special podcasts, Cathy and Wayne are joined by Laura Howe, Fabric Technologist at Mountain Equipment, to discuss how new waterproof fabrics are chosen, tested and built in to technical garment design.As technical garment users, we all need to better ...

Get in touch!There are big changes happening in the world of waterproofs . They're a long time coming and are great news for the environment BUT we will all need to learn how to use and maintain the new technologies. In this first of three special podcasts, Cathy and Wayne are joined by Debbie Read, Head of Corporate Communications and CSR at Equip Outdoor Technologies to discuss why chemicals that have been used in waterproof garments for years are being phased out and how this will eff...

Get in touch!Planning an expedition to Greenland?Cathy and Wayne are joined by Olly Sanders to chat about how to prepare, what kit to pack, why climbing style may be dictated by your kayak, the effect of comms and tech on expeditions and why wellies are always on his kit list.There are top tips on how to travel with minimal impact, information and funding advice for those planning their own adventures all interspersed with how to pack your boat, where to strap your gun and the very real disco...

Get in touch!This week Cathy and Wayne talk about head protection with Petzl sponsored athletes and climbing giants: Emma Powell and Neil Gresham.Whether you are trad, sport, winter climbing or dry tooling we delve into why you might choose to wear a helmet when you climb, different construction types, testing, safety, how to check your helmet, how to tell when your helmet should be retired and why recycling them is so difficult. Packed full of technical geekery, anecdotes and possibly a litt...

Get in touch!Cathy and Wayne talk about the NEW Mountain Goat Circuit/ Cylchdaith Yr Afr Fynydd, a spectacular 50km loop in Snowdonia along the skyline from the Joe Brown's Capel Curig shop to Llanberis and back.Joined by Rab Global Sales Operations Manager Chris Vanderhoven, they discuss how the idea came about, the route, the terrain and there are lots of tips on what kit you'll need depending if you run, fastpack or backpack what is sure to become an iconic round of it's own right. The odd...