Terra Nova Equipment has launched a completely revamped range of tents for 2003 – under the Wild Country brand. The collection has something to suit every lifestyle from novice and family users to serious campers and outdoor enthusiasts. The collection…
Terra Nova Equipment has developed its most radical and innovative tent to date. The Terra Nova Eclipse combines the best technical performance with a lightweight and stable design. The company has designed the new tent to combat the stability problems…
Severe frostbite and exposure have not deterred one Derbyshire man from returning to the Arctic for the first time in four years, with the support of Alfreton-based Terra Nova Equipment, the British manufacturer of tents and high-performance outdoor gear. Nigel…
In April 2003, the Eagle Ski Club, led by Rob Collister, left the UK for India in a bid to be the first team to ski the Black Peak, or Kalanag. At 20,956ft / 6387m, Kalanag demands caution and respect,…
A great British expedition is being supported by a great British tent manufacturer. Derbyshire-based Terra Nova Equipment is set to support Steve Perry as he attempts the “Ultimate Land’s End to John O’Groats” expedition. In addition to walking the 1000…
Terra Nova has been part of a world record-breaking expedition. When Andrew Cooney, 23, an officer in the Territorial Army, became the youngest person ever to walk to the South Pole, he was supported by Alfreton-based Terra Nova Equipment. The…
Terra Nova Equipment has appointed Mark Vallance, the founder of Wild Country Ltd, as a non-executive director of the company. Altrincham-born Mark brings to his appointment wide experience in the outdoor industry and has been brought on board to provide…
Terra Nova tents have been breaking new ground once again. James Tobin and Carolyn Sharples have completed a pioneering journey from Beijing to London by tandem trike supported by Terra Nova Equipment. “Fascinating, rewarding and very hard work” Were the…
For most of 2002, James Tobin and Carolyn Sharples were pioneering an environmentally friendly journey from Beijing to London by tandem trike. The 16,000km Trike It expedition was supported by Terra Nova Equipment, which provided tents, sleeping bags and clothing…
To celebrate her 40th birthday Lorraine didn’t fancy a party, or a nice meal out with friends, she decided on something more adventureous altogether; an ascent of all 284 Scotish Munro’s. Not happy to summit these 1 or 2 at…
Thirty-seven thousand two hundred and four kilometres; ten chains, thirty tyres, and 66 punctures, in forty-four months from Cape Town, South Africa to Nordkapp, Norway. Another leg of our world journey by bicycle is complete. It was a strange feeling…
Here is the cleaned-up and properly formatted version of this passage. I have de-scrambled the typos, connected the broken words, and organized it into clean paragraphs for seamless reading. Victor Saunders and I had originally planned to climb as a…
Between Islamabad in northern Pakistan and the oasis town of Kashgar in northwest China, there is a road more than 1,000 km long known as the Karakoram Highway. It is a remarkable feat of engineering, which cost the lives of…
The tents were pitched beside a tarn on the broad crest of Flower Ridge. On arrival, we had dumped our sacks and swum in it, savouring the exquisite tingle of cold water on skin. Wow, that section of the scan…
The remote and primordial Likouala Swamps of the Congo Basin cover an area of some 63,000 square kilometres. Home to the little-known Babinga Pygmies and a wealth of exotic fauna and flora, the difficulty of penetrating the swamps has protected…
On October 11 th 1994, Dr Charlie Hornsby and Dr Roddy Kirkwood became the 21st and 22nd Britons to reach the summit of Everest, accompanied by Sherpas Dorje and Dawa Temba. This field report from the Expedition leader, Dr Simon…
The mountain environment and native people are not just an interesting ethnic backdrop to our adventures. Mountains are literally the world’s water towers, and like rainforests and oceans, we cannot afford to ignore our impact on these fragile ecosystems. The…
After the successful Cambridge Columbus Botanical Survey expedition, Peter and the team embarked on a thrilling backpacking journey in the Andes. The expedition was recommended by Hilary Branch, the author of the No Frills Guide to Venezuela. Their destination was…
The Cordillera Darwin is one of those places that doesn’t appear on most climbers’ maps — a 140-mile arc of glaciated peaks cut by fjords on the south-west tip of Tierra del Fuego, whipped by Patagonian storms, and reached only…
Read the original report here In the summer of 1987 four of us, two from Cambridge and two from St Andrews, walked five days up the Biafo Glacier to make first ascents of three unclimbed peaks, and ran a plant…
Read the original report here In the summer of 1989, five of us sailed south with HMS Endurance for South Georgia, four months on an island most people only ever see from a boat. The plan was to climb Mt…
Read the Original Report here Six of us, none of whom had been to the Himalaya before, went to the Kishtwar in the summer of 1987 to attempt the first ascent of Hagshu, 6,330 metres. We did not climb it.…
Read the original report here In the summer of 1988, thirty of us spent four months at Borup Fiord, on the north coast of Ellesmere Island, about as far north as land goes. The expedition had two aims: a complete…
In 1988, Nick, a passionate adventurer, started a new chapter of his life teaching in the breathtaking landscapes of North Wales. It was during this time that Nick acquired his trusted companion, the Quasar tent. Right from the outset, he could…
Read the original report here In August 1986, a five-man British team made the first British ascent of Salcantay (6,271m), the highest peak of the Cordillera Vilcabamba in southern Peru, by a new route up its huge and unclimbed south-west…
On 10 May 1983, four climbers stood on the summit of Manaslu North (7,200m) in the Nepal Himalaya. It was the first British ascent of the peak, made by a Joint Services team drawn from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines…
A Corner of Nepal Few Had Seen The Khumbu in 1983 was already feeling the pressure of its own fame. Paul Harris, the expedition’s 25-year-old chronicler, opened his report with a note that reads as relevant today as it did…
