Do you ever find yourself still climbing as the sun goes down? Well, this tends to happen to me often, especially when on Yosemite’s big walls. The problem I often encounter when climbing with a headlamp is getting it to fit right on my helmet. This often requires removing the helmet from my head and [...]

I’ve been using the Petzl Gri Gri since it came out 20 years ago. The Gri Gri, for those who’ve never seen one, is an auto-locking belay device that works  like a seat belt to catch the falling climber. It’s commonly seen on the racks of sport, trad and big wall climbers. It’s the most [...]

Wild Country, the original cam company, has redesigned their Friends for 2011. Friends have only been redesigned a total of three times since being invented in 1977 by Ray Jardine. This latest change uses hot forging technology to give the cam lobes a new, lighter, space age feel than cam lobes crafted using extruded cold [...]

5.10, the climbing and approach shoe company best known for its sticky rubber and now celebrating its 20th anniversary, is releasing a variety of new climbing shoes this winter/spring. The new mid-height Eclipse is similar to the popular Anasazi Velcro, but comes with 3 velcro closure tabs (instead of two found on the Anasazi). The [...]

Kylmit uses the compressed gas argon due to its moisture free insulating properties in its vests and sleeping pads. Argon has low thermal connectivity, is 3 X more insulating than air and is eco friendly. Argon — “Argon (pronounced /ˈɑrɡɒn/) is a chemical element represented by the symbol Ar. Argon has atomic number 18 and [...]