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THE LAB
A testing ground for Mountain Craft’s rougher ideas.
Small-group mountain experiments built around friction, isolation, awkward terrain, route uncertainty and deliberate discomfort.
Some are single-day field tests. Some are full disconnects. All are designed for people more interested in attention, judgement and experience than comfort.
Status: Active
Current release: Open
Places are limited
CURRENT RELEASES
Follow the line, not the path.
Saturday 25 July 2026
£145 per person
6 places only
A rough crossing of the Migneint with Jacob, following the boundary line as closely as lawful access and good judgement allow.
Where there’s fence, we follow the fence. Where the fence disappears, we follow the boundary stones.
A 24-hour phone-free mountain journey from The Lab, held across the actual autumn equinox.
Tuesday 22 to Wednesday 23 September 2026
£365 per person
4 places only
Phones handed over. No personal cameras. No public route. Camp chosen on the hill.
The autumn equinox falls inside the 24-hour window at 1:06am BST on Wednesday 23 September.
ARCHIVE
Experiment #000: The Solstice Blackout
Status: Complete
A 24-hour forced disconnect during the Summer Solstice at a withheld location in Eryri.
No phones.
No client cameras.
Location released 12 hours before.
No one else seen in 24 hours.
Camp chosen on the hill.
Sunset, darkness, dawn, solstice, return.
Four participants spent 24 hours off-grid in a remote, pathless environment, carrying their own overnight kit and experiencing the exact moment of the solstice in complete isolation.
Documented by George Reese, with physical prints to follow.
This established the baseline. Future Lab releases won’t always look the same.
PRIORITY ACCESS
Lab routes and experiments are usually released quietly before they go wider.
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