Looking for a Covid-friendly way to spend your summer? Here is a selection of the best long-distance trails for runners, walkers, couples and those seeking weekend breaks or family holidays.

Six must-have climbing books that every climber needs to read to climb safer and better

Natalie, who translated To Live from the French edition, Vivre, speaks to Élisabeth three years on from her triumph and traumatic ordeal on Nanga Parbat, the killer mountain.

A selection of some of our favourite quotes and passages from adventure books by and about female climbers and mountaineers ...

By Martin Mobråten and Stian Christophersen, authors of The Climbing Bible

Some of our favourite quotes/passages from 'Shishapangma', 'Up and About' and 'The Ogre'...

A list of some of our bestselling climbing, walking, running and swimming books of 2020 ...

In Broken, Ally Beaven explores the impact that the virus-stricken summer of 2020 had on long-distance running and FKTs (Fastest Known Times). We caught up with Ally to find out more ...

Happy Christmas! Well, that was a bit different wasn’t it?

Vertebrate's MD Jon Barton remembers British mountaineering legend Doug Scott, who passed away this week.

One of our regular reviewers, Noel Dawson, shares his thoughts on Frank Smythe's award-winning biography...

Some more Christmas gift recommendations for nature-lovers...