Latest Daring Deeds - Stories from the world of adventure written by our Alpkiteers, staff and customers
Snippets of Joy: Through the Alpkit Foundation we have helped over 30,000 people across 2,500+ amazing projects. Here are some of their stories.
Alpkiteers and Sonder Riders
Find out more about the people who inspire us to run, ride, hike, climb and paddle. See our full list of Alpkiteers and Sonder Riders.
Anna Wells
I’m Anna, a climber and mountaineer, recently returned to my roots in the Scottish Highlands. I thrive on outdoor adventure...
Alastair Humphreys
Alastair Humphreys is a British Adventurer, Author and Blogger. He spent over 4 years cycling round the world, a journey...
Ed Pratt
Globe peddler, One wheelextraordinaire and adventurer based in the UK. Ed is a true adventurer, never shying away to explore...
Emma Pooley
We’re absolutely thrilled to have Emma Pooley on the Sonder bike team! Emma Pooley is one of Great Britain’s most...
Jenny Graham
Jenny holds the Guinness World Record for being the fastest woman to circumnavigate the planet by bike. 18,000 miles unsupported...
Steph Wetherell
Steph is a keen hiker with a passion for long distance paths, and always has a wish list of routes...
Making kit in the UK
We are makers at heart. Our UK production includes bouldering mats, bike luggage, rucksacks, bike wheels and full bike builds. Every product in our UK made collection can be customised too. Here are some of their stories.
Inside Alpkit: The Faces Behind our UK Made Products
Hiking, bikepacking, bouldering. Whatever your outdoor addiction is, we generally make kit for it and have been doing so for...
Meet the Makers
We are incredibly proud of the products we make right here in Nottingham. We’re always chuffed to bits when we...
Custom UK made sledge covers for Arctic Exploration
Alex Hibbert is not an adventurer. He’s also not an explorer. He’s not a big fan of these words. He’s...
Custom Rucksacks For Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue
After several years of designing, honing and tweaking, we’re very pleased to be handing over 10 custom made rucksacks to...
From mountains to disaster zones: Our UK made medical response bag
In the world of disaster and crisis response, having the right tools and equipment can mean the difference between life...
Bringing wheel building to the UK
We build every Sonder to order in our UK factory. And now we build our wheels in the UK too....
We have made 7122 Repairs in 2022!
In 2022, 7122 repairs were carried out by our skilled Repair Heroes across all of our Alpkit stores. No matter...
Why Repair and Reuse Beats Recycle
100 billion items of clothing are made every year for 8 billion people. The globalisation of the clothing industry is...
Hack Patch and Sew
Gear needing a little pick-me-up? We repair all brands, all products and have become quite the experts in the range...
January's Sewing Stories
Happy New Year! We’ve been repairing kit from any outdoor brand since 2004. We never tire of hearing about our...
February's Sewing Stories
Our Repair Heroes are always working hard to prolong the life of our outdoor stuff. Your broken zips, holey jackets...
March's Sewing Stories
This is the fifth installment in our Sewing Stories series. That means we’ve told 25 lovely stories of keeping gear...
April's Sewing Stories
If you extend the life of your gear from 3 years to 5 years, you will reduce your carbon footprint...
May's Sewing Stories
We've been making memories with our clothing and kit for years. And we want to make more. More adventures. More...
June Sewing Stories
We hope you love reading our sewing stories just as much as we love sharing them. Sometimes our Repair heroes...
November's Sewing Stories
Mending is better than ending. All Alpkit stores have a repair station where we hack, patch and sew kit. From...
December's Sewing Stories
We’ll let you into a secret. Kit doesn’t forget. It holds your memories from your biggest and smallest adventures. That’s...
Customer Adventures Made in the UK
This week, we’re celebrating everything UK-made with some of our customers’ adventures. In our factory on the edge of the...
New UK Made Bouldering Pads
Bouldering pads were one of the first things we designed. We have more experience than we’d care to disclose in...
Bouldering Mats Designed, Refined and Manufactured in the UK
Bouldering mats were one of the very first products we designed at Alpkit. Even today, every Alpkit pad is handmade...
UK made Alpine climbing rucksack
One of the wonderful things about chatting to our Alpkiteers and customers. No matter how much thought we put into...
UK-made climbing packs
When you start looking for a new climbing pack, it doesn’t take long to realise that there's a huge crevasse...
New UK-Made Bikepacking Bags
We’ve been at the forefront of the recent resurgence in bikepacking since 2008. We made our first bike luggage over...