This year at the OutDoor show in Freidrichshafen Germany we saw a over 100 new products that’ll be dropping in 2019. As always, the chase for the “lightest usable” gear was in full effect....
Ski mountaineering may sound niche, but CAMP is taking it to a whole new level, with 4 skimo crampon offerings along. Plus, they’ll sell (separately) a dyneema linking strap accessory that can replace...
With the Reactor, Black Diamond’s goal was to make a tool that fit in between the Cobra swinging powerhouse and BD’s mixed-heavy tools, the Fusion and Fuel. This means a tool designed to excel...
Black Diamond’s Ultralight Ice Screws promise to debut as the lightest ice screws on the market as they’re nearly 45% lighter than BD’s steel screws and 15% lighter than Petzl’s...
DU/ER sent us a pair of No Sweat Pants and requested we test them to their limits. They said we’d be amazed by their stretch (very true) and these pants would work great for climbing (mostly true)....
Mammut was one of the early companies to come out with a belay device that had semi-automatic braking power without moving parts (like the GriGri). The first version of the Smart came out in 2009. ...
My name is Kurt Morrison and I’m an ACMG guide and climbing gear junkie based out of Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Working in gear shops for the past four years while completing my exams to become...
Guest Author and Gear Geek Khoi Chau here to talk about the nuances of locking carabiners. Belay carabiners aside, what are some of the most common applications you use locking biners for? Odds are they...
The Outdoor Retailer trade show is THE place where manufacturers and brands come to showcase their newest prototypes and promises of gear to come. There were plenty of fancy new goods to show...
The Quantum VCS is a velcro closure version of the lace-up Quantum released in 2016. Climbers with wide forefeet and relatively narrow heels have felt (and will feel) at home in the Quantum series. Both...
You can thank Shauna Coxsey for the new Anasazi Pro. She’s the one that asked Five Ten to add a toe-patch to her favorite shoe, the low volume Anasazi LV. Part of 5.10’s Elite Team, Shuana’s...
Including male and female models, La Sportiva is releasing 5 new shoes in 2018. They’re finally making narrower “women’s” versions of the Futura and Skwama. They’re replacing...
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