A good alpine climbing pack is a beautifully simple piece of equipment. It should be lightweight, reasonably durable, carry high and tight on the back, and have a minimalist design to stay nimble in the mountains. The EXPED Black Ice…
This spring I tested out the Mountain Hardwear Women’s Lamina 0 degree synthetic sleeping bag. Fit My first impression of the sleeping bag was that it felt very tight and seemed to run short. The specs state that the regular…
A True Adventure Sock For Wherever Your Travels Take You From backcountry touring in the Wasatch, powder days in Jackson Hole, and snowshoeing the trails out my backdoor, my Moarri socks by Wigwam certainly did not disappoint. I thoroughly tested…
Do you ever get a new piece of gear that suddenly replaces everything you had before it, leaving past gear staples to collect dust in a closet or garage? The BlackYak Nelore Jacket has done just that for me. Now…
I’m a self-proclaimed hippie and don’t care much about modesty. I’ll be naked at a trailhead or river take-out in a hot minute without thinking twice. But, sometimes there are those creepers, or I realize that not everyone wants to…
It’s Creek season everyone! Indian Creek: The birthplace of realizing it is somehow more fun to sandpaper your hands to bloody stumps than it is to crank hard on crimps. Indian Creek is a trad climbing paradise where the gear…
I received the Bulletproof quickdraws at the end of July and they quickly became my go to for leaving on routes over multiple weeks at my favorite summer crags. I have to confess; I have a problem with long-term projecting…
Any experienced canyoneer knows there is a pretty large gap between comfort and durability for their gear. One of the toughest topics in a canyoneer’s gear quiver is their backpack, it must be small, lightweight, durable, comfortable, drain well, and…
I first heard about DPS Phantom Base Treatment when one of the main engineers in creating Phantom came out to tell a group of splitboard testers about the new treatment. Following, although barely, through the loads of chemistry, engineering, and…
Dialing my Denali Kit We struggled to put one foot in front of the other, gasping for every single breath. Digging deep and fighting for each foot, we finally, after what seemed like a never-ending stair climb from hell, reached…