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NEW! Green Microspikes from Kahtoola...Durable, Aggressive Traction for your Winter Adventures...and fighting climate change! https://icegripper.co.uk/products/kahtoola-microspikes-16

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www.icegripper.co.uk in case you need reminding...😉

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ICEGRIPPER RUNspikes - Run, Jog, Walk, Explore https://icegripper.co.uk/products/icegripper-runspikes-run-jog-walk-explore

For you or the runners in your life! 🏃🏼‍♂️‍➡️🏃🏼‍➡️ Don't let winter stop you! ❄️❄️

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ICEGRIPPER Winter Tip - Make Your Own ICEGRIPPER Boots and Save ££'s

Let’s talk boots. Do you have an old pair of wellies or sturdy boots gathering dust in the back of your cupboard?

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Small Sizes, Small Prices at ICEGRIPPER

Lots of SMALL SIZE ice grips and other winter products REDUCED in PRICE. Starting from only £1.50 they make perfect Christmas stocking fillers. Prepare for the coldest part of the year with these bargains...

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Faux Snow... (by National Library of Ireland on The Commons)

... but real 19th century "Ice Grips"! Presenting Elizabeth Poole (wife of A.H. Poole)! ...

Photographer: Poole Photographic Studios, Waterford

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8 great reasons to visit Antarctica

The appeal of Antarctica is easy to see. If you’re looking for the adventure trip of a lifetime here are eight great reasons for choosing the Antarctic.

Scenery: A vast, jaw-dropping landscape offers both beauty and eye-catching wonders. Stunning seascapes, frozen beaches, almost black-and-white contrasts and awesome glaciers. Seeing is believing in this fabulous setting.

Wildlife: One word sums it up, Outstanding. There are numerous opportunities to get very close to creatures such as seals, whales and dolphins. But perhaps the biggest stars are the penguins, which number in the tens of thousands in Antarctica.

For the adventure: If you’re into adventure travel, there’s plenty to do including kayaking, hiking and trekking, mountaineering and scuba diving. Many people come for the history and science, too.

Once in a lifetime experience: Realistically, the Antarctic is not for everyone. It’s not cheap, with a trip for a fortnight costing somewhere around £5,000 and this doesn’t include the airfare to Ushuaia, Argentina, but memories of the adventure will last a lifetime.

Sure-footedness: Great ice gripping footwear products make exploration on snow and ice such an easy thing to do.

Visit places you've heard about: The Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia, the Falkland Islands, the Weddell Sea, the Ross Sea region and East Antarctica, as well as many of the other sub-Antarctic islands, such as Snares Islands and Macquarie Island.

For the extremes: Antarctica is the highest, driest, windiest, emptiest, coldest place on earth.

For ice and glaciers: An ice sheet covers all but 2.4 per cent of Antarctica’s 14 million square kilometres. 

Have you been to Antarctica or the Arctic? We’d love to hear your summer cold stories, or see your photo’s - share them with us by posting on our Facebook, Twitter or G+ pages  Read more about Antarctica on the Icegripper blog

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5 runnable Munros

Have you heard about the Munros? Scotland has 282 Scottish mountains with a summit of more than 3000ft – and these are called the Munros. Many people walk and run the Munros – and some go on to complete a “round”. A “round” is all 282 Munros.

The Munros are spread across Scotland and while some are easy to get to, others are very remote. Walking the Munros is a very diverse experience, because some require steep hikes and scrambles while others are a quick run from the car.

Here we suggest five great Munros to run. You’ll need to be fairly fit to run a Munro but there are good paths on these Munros and in fair weather they should not be to challenging.

Make sure you take essentials in a rucksack, such as warm layers, a waterproof jacket and a map and compass. You never know when Scotland’s fickle weather might change and you don’t want to be caught out in shorts, t-shirt and off-road running shoes half way up a 3,000ft or more mountain. Food and drink is also a good idea.

To find out more about the Munros see our blog: Scotland’s Munros: Where to start

5 runnable Munros

These Munros have good, easy-to-see paths to the top. Many can be run if you are fit and have the right off-road running shoes.

The Cairnwell and Carn Aosda, south of Braemar, eastern Highlands

Schiehallion, Perthshire

Mount Keen, near Edzell, Angus (the most easterly Munro)

Mayar, Angus

Ben Lomond, on the banks of Loch Lomond, southern Highlands.

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