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Steve Ranger, TrekCo's founder (and author of this blog), is attempting Cho Oyu this autumn. I'm currently waiting to leave Kathmandu to attempt this 8,200m mountain  - the world's 6th highest peak. It has...

TrekCo have been awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom Badge, a new quality assurance badge for schools booking outdoor visits. This has become recognised as the main indicator that outdoor centres and...

The situation with CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) checks for people working with children has changed with the new government, and this will affect staff working for outdoor companies. What was going to happen...

Many schools and colleges come to us in the autumn for a teambuilding day, often bringing their whole new sixth form intake at once. One consortium bring over 400 students every year! So why do they go through...

Sometimes videos of climbing accidents can be a little lacking in taste or disturbing; but we thought this one was pretty...

At TrekCo we run an amazing trainee scheme. Unlike some places where you have to pay thousands, we take several young potential instructors each year for free, and work them hard for four months so theycan see...

This weekend the youth of Chelsea FC showed their mettle when they were the first group to camp at Blackland Farm this year - Saturday night was down to -5 degrees C! This group were starting their D of E...

It may seem as if we're going on about risk, but the business of an outdoor company is to provide a considered, managed risk for young people - partly to help them develop and partly to give an experience of...

We've been surprised by the reaction to our becoming the 15th outdoor company in the UK to be an Approved Activity Provider for the D of E Award Scheme. There are about 20 now, but around half of these mainly...

We've added a blog to TrekCo World so that you can keep up withthe latest developments and we can post our opinions and whatever we come across about the outdoors and outdoor education. Here's one for...