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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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C.A.M.P. Corsa Ice Axe: Too Light for a Real Challenge
The Corsa is ideal for low-angle glacier travel, moderate ski mountaineering and adventure racing but, if there’s a chance you might find yourself in more serious terrain, you’ll wish you packed something more hefty.
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Short Pitches Writing Contest Winner
In April, Alpinist launched its first online writing contest, Short Pitches. After receiving more than fifty entries, we had a tough job to do: pick one.
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Steve Colligan, The British One-Wheel Wonder
Why, I wonder, would someone unicycle? Furthermore, why would someone ride down a 5.5 on a unicycle–a new sport called municycling?
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Millet Peuterey 40: The Brawny Ski-Mountaineering Pack
The Millet Peuterey 40 is marketed as a “versatile summer/winter mountaineering pack for one-to-two day excursions,” but at 4.2 pounds, this little pack weighs in heavy for its limited capacity.
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Luxury Liner
Follow Earl Wiggins, Ed Webster and Bryan Becker up the first ascent of the desert classic, Supercrack.
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A Tribute to Climbing Cuisine
After spending a couple hours more than planned on an ice climb and descending in the dark, I can recall one of my most satisfying meals being found beneath the passenger’s seat of our waiting Range Rover…
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Inspirations, Part VII: Glen Denny
During the long, cold bivouacs, quotes from Magnone’s book kept coming back to me…
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Marmot Kingpin Jacket: Versatile in Winter
This jacket is ideal for colder, higher-altitude alpine climbs like those found in the Canadian Rockies, Alps and Andes, making it an amazingly versatile jacket for cold-weather use.
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