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Check photo properties to get its number:- 1: Arrest Arete (E2), Buttermere 2: On the Penon, Calpe 3: Gandia, Spain 4:  Troutdale Pinnacle (S), Borrowdale 5: Oxford & Cambridge (VD), Buttermere 6:  Bridge's Route (HS), Eskdale 7: Needle Ridge (VD), Gable 8: Sled-hauling, Greenland 9: Ultar, Hunza Valley  10: Mirror, Mirror... (E2), Pillar Rock 11: South Ridge of Dansketinde, Staunings Alps, Greenland 12: South Ridge of Dansketinde, Staunings Alps, Greenland 13: Via Ferrata at Thone, France Check photo properties to get its number:- 1: Annsketinde, Staunings Alps, Greenland 2: Minus One Gully (VI), Ben Nevis 3: Cuillin Ridge in winter (IV) 4: Thirlmere Boulders 5: Caval Bernatt Ridge, Mallorca 6: Great Gully Right-Hand (V), The Screes, Wasdale 7: Walking in the Lake District! 8: Duran, Karakorum 9: Trekking in the Karakorum 10: Rjukanfossen (WI 4), Norway 11: Easy approach, Greenland! 12: Lungarshan, Tibet 13: Cycling in to climb on Ben Alder in winter. Check photo properties to get its number:- 1: North Face Droites 2: North Face Tour Ronde 3: Col du Passant 4: Forbes Arete in winter 5: in the Ecrin 6: Les Droites 7: Ultar, Hunza Valley 8: Via Ferrata, Brenta Dolomites 9: Hidden Valley, Ultar, Karakorum 10:  Mellow Yellow (VS), Meikle Ross 11: South Ridge of Dansketinde, Staunings Alps, Greenland 12: South-West Ridge of Dansketinde, Staunings Alps, Greenland 13: Raven Crag Gully, Combe Ghyll
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About Needle Sports
Lake District Climbing
Needle Sports is the English Lake District's foremost specialist Climbing Shop, supplying Mountaineering, Rock, Ice, Alpine & Expedition Climbing Equipment to climbers worldwide, nationally and internationally recognised as among the very best
of the UK's top technical climbing gear retailers.


Needle Sports
56 Main Street
Keswick
Cumbria
CA12 5JS
UK


Tel: 00 44 (0)17687 72227
Fax: 00 44 (0)17687 75593

Needle Sports
On-line Ice Screw
Sharpening
Service!

We are pleased to announce that we have installed a Grivel 360 ice screw sharpening machine at our Keswick shop. Either bring your blunt ice screws in person or post them to us using our on-line ordering system to pay.

Please see our Ice Screws Section for full details!


 Special Offers
Wild Country Zeros Wild Country Zeros
£53.99 (should be £59.99!!)
 Superb micro cams - the smallest is almost as narrow as a matchhead!
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Edelrid Eagle 9.8mm x 60m Dry-Treated Single Rope Edelrid Eagle 9.8mm x 60m Dry-Treated Single Rope
£109.99 (RRP is £160!!)
 Great sport climbing rope that could also be used for alpine and winter stuff.
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Patagonia Womens Ascentionist Jacket Patagonia Womens Ascentionist Jacket
£109.99 (Was £179.99!!)
 A technical soft shell for full-on mountain pursuits striking a good balance between protection and minimalism.
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DMM 4CU (all sizes) DMM 4CU (all sizes)
£29.99!!
 High quality twin stemmed camming unit at a bargain price - RRP ranges from £35 - £40 depending on size.
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Patagonia Womens Aravis Pullover Patagonia Womens Aravis Pullover
£29.99!! (RRP is £55)
 Lovely lightweight fleece pullover - in red or black.
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Mammut Base Camp Jacket Mammut Base Camp Jacket
£89.99!! (was £119.99!)
 Lightweight softshell jacket with reinforced Schoeller patches and a wind resistant front panel.
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Patagonia Womens Capilene 4 Thermal Bottoms Patagonia Womens Capilene 4 Thermal Bottoms
£24.99! (Were £31.99!!)
 Very warm thermal bottoms for very cold places.
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DMM Prowire Karabiner DMM Prowire Karabiner
£3.99!! (Quickdraws start from £8.50!!)
 Excellent lightweight wiregate and a really great price.
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Patagonia Womens Pica Tee Patagonia Womens Pica Tee
£12.99 (RRP is £24.99!!)
 100% organic cotton tee.
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 Featured Product
ORDER/SHIPMENT DELAYS - SORRY! ORDER/SHIPMENT DELAYS - SORRY!
£3.50 for Priority Orders - worth it if you are in a hurry!
 Due to exceptional levels of orders we are currently taking about 2 days to process new orders. If you need items urgently you should consider opting for our Priority Service which bumps your order to the front of the queue and makes sure it is sent out 1st Class or equivalent. We are sorry for any inconvenience that may be caused - we are working hard to try and catch up.
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 New Products
Platy Cleaning Kit Platy Cleaning Kit
£9.99
 Winkle those nasties out of every corner of your Platypus sytem with this two brush set.
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Petzl Crevasse Rescue Kit Petzl Crevasse Rescue Kit
£99.99
 All you need to get yourself (or some-one else) out of a hole - except a rope and a helicopter.
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DMM Torque Nuts DMM Torque Nuts
£12.99 each or £47.99 for a set of 4
 New large crack passive pro from DMM.
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Omega Pacific Link Cams Sizes 0.5 and 0.75 Omega Pacific Link Cams Sizes 0.5 and 0.75
£99.99
 Marvels of miniature engineering!
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Grivel Speedy Grivel Speedy
£62.99
 Ingenious all in one ice screw-quickdraw combination.
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Terra Nova Laser Photon Terra Nova Laser Photon
£329.99
 Lightest 2 skin tent comercially available. Amazing specification at only 790grams
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Wild Country Alpine Shell Helmet Wild Country Alpine Shell Helmet
£59.99
 Innovative two-helmets-in-one covers you for both rock and winter climbing.
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Forty Below Over Gaiters Forty Below Over Gaiters
£122.50
 Famous American neoprene over-gaiters to keep your tootsies toasty on Denali - Everest - K2 etc.
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Black Diamond Iron Cruiser Via Ferrata Set Black Diamond Iron Cruiser Via Ferrata Set
£59.99
 Really good looking and competitively priced via ferrata set from the famous American manufacturer. Q.How many VFs are there in the USA?!
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 New Media
Scottish Rock Volume 2 Scottish Rock Volume 2
£23.00
 Gary Latter hits the shelves with a thump with part II of his magnum opus.
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Day Walks in the Lake District Day Walks in the Lake District
£12.95
 Neat little guide to circular Lakeland walks.
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BMC Staffordshire Grit - The Roaches BMC Staffordshire Grit - The Roaches
£19.95
 Superb definitive guide covers all the routes and many of the boulder problems on the gritstone crags of the south-western Peak District.
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Rockfax Western Grit Rockfax Western Grit
£21.95
 A new edition of this popular selected guide - now extended to cover Cheshire sandstone.
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Llanberis Llanberis
£19.50
 New much improved 2009 guide to the Llanberis Pass. Bang up to date for routes and bouldering.
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Gogarth Poster Gogarth Poster
£6.95
 A2 sized photo topo poster of the Main Cliff at Gogarth
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Bloc Bouldertopo Spain Bloc Bouldertopo Spain
£24.99
 Photo-topo guide to bouldering in north-east Spain.
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Welsh Connections DVD Welsh Connections DVD
£14.99
 Brilliant new film featuring great climbing characters climbing in you guessed it - Wales
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Alpine Ice Alpine Ice
£29.99
 Beautiful and inspiring guide to the \"600 best\" icefall climbs in the alps - just a shame most of the are too hard for the average climber.
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Lake District Weather Links FRCC Keswick Mountaineering Club British Mountaineering Council Hard Rock  
Scottish Winter Conditions Eden Valley Mountaineering Club Carlisle Mountaineering Club The Alpine Club Nuts Museum  
Napes Needle Lakesbloc Kendal Mountaineering Club The Climbers Club Rock Faces  
Mountain Info Barrow Mountaineering & Ski Club Scottish Mountaineering Club Galloway Climbing