ProView- Petzl Sitta Harness
‘Did Petzl send me a pint glass?’ was my initial reaction when I stopped at the post office and found a small box waiting for me. I shook the box, wondering what could be small enough to fit in the…
Climbing
ProView – SCARPA Gecko Approach Shoes
The SCARPA Gecko is the rare all-around approach shoe that walks comfortably over many miles, while maintaining good sensitivity and traction on rock. Italian leather uppers, to-the-toe lacing, and thoughtfully lugged Vibram soles create an ideal shoe for everything from casual…
ProView – Spy Optic Allure W/ Happy Lens
I’ve been wearing the Spy Optic Allure Mint Chip Fade with Happy Bronze Polar lenses non-stop recently. These sunglasses have the new Spy Optic Happy Lens, rubber nose pads and temple tips, and are durably built with ‘virtually indestructible’ Grilamid®.…
ProView – SCARPA Vapor Lace
The new SCARPA Vapor is an evolution of the classic Vapor V climbing shoe. It features a stiffer last than the Vapor V and a redesigned one-piece leather upper. Straight out of the box the soft leather upper and shape of…
ProView – Petzl ELIA Women’s Helmet
The original Petzl ELIA was the first climbing helmet I bought for myself due to the great and simple fact that it was specific to females, particularly to allow for ponytails and other rat’s-nest hairdos that result from a hot…
ProView – La Sportiva Hail Jacket
The weather in Colorado is its own animal and I am always struggling to have the right layers for all conditions. I was stoked to try the La Sportiva Hail Jacket because of the way it was advertised, which is: a light,…
Featured Promo – La Sportiva Hail Jacket & TX3 Shoes
We have two perfect products for the season on promo this month! The Men’s & Women’s Hail Jacket: The Hail Jacket won an Outside Magazine 2015 Gear of the Year Award Dan Boozan (read a full profile on Dan…
ProView – Evolv Kronos
Many climbers, like myself, are creatures of habit. We often find a pair of shoes we really like and climb in them until our big toe wears a hole through the tip of the shoe. Then, we either get the…
ProView – 2016 Evolv Shaman
Very few pieces of gear will actually have a noticeable affect on your ability to climb. Most new iterations of gear are designed to make climbing lighter and safer, but a thinner rope and the newest technology in quickdraws are…
ProView – Beal Gully 7.3 & Air Force 2
Last summer after dragging my heavy, half ropes up various multi-pitches in the Sawtooths, I began shopping around for something lighter and came across the Beal Gully 7.3 (the thinnest, lightest half rope on the market). My stars aligned! The…