CheapTents Outdoor Gear Blog

Camping and Hiking on Catalina Island, USA

Daniel — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:57:53 +0000

If you ever happen to be in Los Angeles and need to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city, an outdoor sanctuary is close at hand. Only 22 miles off the coast is Catalina Island. It’s renowned as a rich man’s playground, with luxury yachts dropping the likes of Jack Nicholson off [...]

Everest Challenger Matthew D Thornton

Daniel — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:24:18 +0000

What’s the best way to the summit of Mount Everest? You could answer that it is the south col route from Nepal or maybe that it is via the north east ridge from China. Either way, the journey really starts at a point somewhere else altogether. In order to stand a chance of reaching the [...]

Hunger Project Seeks Walkers

Daniel — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:55:51 +0000

On the 12/13 May the London 2 Brighton Challenge will be taking place. Now in its third year, this 100 km event is extremely popular for charity fund raising. One of the charity partners is The Hunger Project, and they are looking for volunteers to take part in the event. You can choose to walk, [...]

Trad Climber Paul Roberts

Daniel — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:01:34 +0000

Following on from our recent blog post, in which solo climber Mike Dunne talks about his loves and hates of the climbing in the Lake District, we are pleased to present a post written by a climber from the United States. Paul Roberts is from New York state and has spent the past 3 years [...]

The North Face Decagon Jacket Review

Daniel — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:54:30 +0000

The Decagon Jacket is a hooded, waterproof jacket. Whilst it is primarily aimed at the skiing and snow boarding market, the Decagon is highly suitable for general outdoor wear too. It has a fashionable urban design and would look great on the street as well as on the slopes! Made from fully seam sealed HyVent [...]

Crampons for B0 Walking Boots

Daniel — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:58:33 +0000

If you are thinking going mountaineering then you will need to get some crampons, this may also mean buying new crampon compatible boots. But what if you’re thinking of going hill walking in the winter? There may only be small sections of the hike where there is hard snow and ice. You may feel that [...]

If Santa Shopped at Cheaptents

Gareth — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:22:18 +0000

If Santa shopped with CheapTents I wonder what he would buy? I can see his email now,“Hi Gareth, my delivery clothes are looking a bit worse for wear. I’ve seen you’ve got some great deals and was wondering, can you kit me out for this year? I’m pretty short of time, as I’ve got millions [...]

Cheap Tents Online Shop is 10!

Daniel — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:52:30 +0000

Time has flown by since the beginning on the new Millennium! Its hard to imagine that the now iconic structures of the London Eye and the Millennium Dome were brand new, and that they were supposed to be only temporary. At that time the internet was becoming more and more mainstream but it certainly wasn’t [...]

Solo Climbing in the Lake District

Daniel — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:18:56 +0000

We always enjoy hearing from you, our readers, about the adventures that you have been having in the great outdoors. Not only that, we like to give you the opportunity to use the CheapTents blog to promote yourselves if you’re looking for sponsorship. Recently we were contacted by Mike Dunne, who loves climbing in the [...]

Outdoor Enthusiast Stocking Fillers from CheapTents

Andy — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:53:41 +0000

The motto of the outdoors person should always be “Prepare, Prepare, Prepare”. This is a motto many people live by, and it’s pretty good too. In essence it means if you prepare you will succeed. So with this motto in mind I began looking for the perfect Christmas stocking fillers that I can gift to [...]