About a month ago, I opened an impressively small box to pull out 12 of the Omega Pacific Vulcan Quickdraws. My initial reaction was that these are incredibly light pieces of equipment, and holding the package I thought I had…
For me the best approach shoe is like a unicorn, you hear a lot of rumors about it existing, know what it looks like, but can’t ever seem to find it for yourself. For me, the ideal approach shoe should…
‘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…
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®.…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
This June, a new climbing guide book for Yosemite Valley is coming out and it’s filled with color photos, new topos, and even never-before published climbs. As a part of the AFU Studios creative team, I set up a video…
“The whole world is, to me, very much ‘alive’ – all the little growing things, even the rocks.” – Ansel Adams “If the night sky had a flavor, what do you think it would be?” My friends and I had…