Elemental Stories is a series of editorial articles and photography that explore the stories behind athletes, places, sports and adventures around the World. From ice climbers and big wall climbers to freeride skiers and endurance bikepackers. Here we meet the people and places that inspire us to get outside.
❮ ❯Journeys Close to Home is a series of four films showcasing iconic winter venues and featuring some of the characters local to them, that cherish having these mountains or crags on their doorstep in the colder months. To get out climbing or running in winter, often in adverse conditions, requires more dedication and a deeper passion, but combine that with the intimate knowledge of the location, the competence to keep warm, or the patience & opportunity to await the right conditions – then the chosen pastime can pay back that investment with interest.
❮ ❯Elemental Stories is a series of editorial articles and photography that explore the stories behind athletes, places, sports and adventures around the World. From ice climbers and big wall climbers to freeride skiers and endurance bikepackers. Here we meet the people and places that inspire us to get outside.
Journeys Close to Home is a series of four films showcasing iconic winter venues and featuring some of the characters local to them, that cherish having these mountains or crags on their doorstep in the colder months.
In September 2019, a team of talented Irish climbers [Chloe Condron, Kevin Kilroy, Michelle O’Loughlin and Conor McGovern] travelled to the small island of Owey to explore sea cliffs that local guidebook writer Iain Miller claims, have “enough new routing potential to last at least twelve lifetimes”. ‘A Feather in the West’ is a film about their trad climbing experiences and the relatively niche pursuit of first ascents, set on the Wild Atlantic Way, off the west coast of County Donegal.
On the outskirts of the self-proclaimed outdoor city of Sheffield, you’ll find a quirky bunch of mavericks whose footprints meander the Peak District National Park. They call themselves the Dark Peak Fell Runners.
In May 2018, three British climbers Malcolm Bass, Paul Figg and Guy Buckingham set out to attempt the first ascent of Janhukot. They filmed their experiences along the way, in the hope that by sharing their mental and physical struggles to camera, they can encourage others to attempt similar adventures, and prove that with some sacrifice and training, ordinary people can do extraordinary things.
A six part series exploring stories from people whose lives are defined by wild spaces and mountain adventures.