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Black Diamond Speed 30: Light and Comfy
The Speed 30 is an excellent choice for big outings that require all of your precious energy. The pack weighs 2 pounds, 3 ounces but is easy to knock down to a mere 20 ounces if you strip off its removable top pocket, hip belt, ultralight plastic framesheet and stay. It’s hydration compatible, and it…
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Mountain Reconnaissance with John Scurlock
John Scurlock talks about climbing, aviation, and what the two respective pursuits can learn from each other…
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Schooner Revealed
There is a person in the climbing world, a vigilante really, who has for some time kept alpinist.com looking over its shoulder…
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Boulder Based Designs The Mark: Save Your Stuff!
The Mark is so much better than all those initials I used to sketch onto my gear—they always took a detective’s eye to discover, and eventually they’d wear off. The Mark takes only one application, and it stays on, no matter the beating.
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Introducing the Alpinist Film Festival Tour
Alpinist’s unique party has become too big for such a small town like Jackson to handle…
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Everyone in Denim
Though climbing skills are pretty important, so is looking stylish. You don’t look good pulling burly moves if your clothing is played out.
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Asolo Distance: A Hiking-specific Approach Shoe
I would recommend the Distance as a great lightweight, durable hiking boot—not as a true approach shoe. Its performance as a hiking boot earned them a spot inside my duffle for my fall climb of Cho Oyu.
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CiloGear 60L WorkSack: Simple Success
Six months ago I unpacked a new 60-Liter WorkSack made by CiloGear, and it was love at first sight. I marveled at its simplicity and then loaded it up to find a number of basic-but-brilliant features: a removable frame sheet and bivy pad; lightweight, strong techy materials such as SilNylon; removable compression straps; simple suspension;…
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