Still A Community?

Since OM first hit the web back in 2001, the site’s had a strong community based around the forum in particular. Over the years countless OMers have met and walked and climbed together in real life, not just virtually. We’ve had hundreds of OM meets, some low key, some notorious, and one in particular pretty much underwater in the Lake District, OMers have met and, really, married. And one OM forum member has even climbed Everest.

It might sound melodramatic, but OM has genuinely changed lives, created friendships, fed passions and been – I genuinely believe this folks – a force for good by helping people get outside and discover the outdoors.

The good news is that the forum lives. It’s different to the old forum, but the content, countless years of hard-earned advice, accumulated knowledge and yes, pointless chatter, is all still there.

We’re hoping that the new forum will be easier to use, smoother in operation and continue to be a valuable resource for outdoors folk everywhere. You’ll have to sign in again and yes, it will take some initial getting used to and we suspect that there may be the odd bug to sort out, but hopefully in a month or two’s time, it’ll feel as familiar and useable as the old version, but without the infuriating bugs and irritating limitations. The forum will, unfortunately, be down for 24 hours (until the evening of August 31st). We apologise for this but we reckon the new version will make the wait more than worthwhile.

We can’t force you to use it of course, but we hope you’ll give it a go, not least because the UK outdoors community deserves a really active, useful forum where people can chat, debate and share their experiences.