Last week we had a very special visitor to our Stalybridge workshop: Harpreet Kaur “Preet” Chandi MBE — better known as Polar Preet. Preet talked kit, training and her next ambitious goal. If all goes to plan, in March 2026 she’ll set off to become the first woman to travel solo and unsupported to the North Pole.

The Seven Summits: the highest peaks on each continent. Just a few hundred people have climbed all of them and, of those, just 9 British women had managed it. Until now. This month, with her success on Puncak Jaya / Carstensz Pyramid, Jo Bradshaw became the 10th.

Madalin 'Cris' Cristea is aiming to become the first person to climb the Seven Summits from sea level and back to sea level. Climbing every single meter, up and down.