Off Belay

After almost a decade on the market, Totem cams have finally started to get the well deserved attention and love from climbers. Totem is...

121 grams. Designed for ropes 7.1 to 10mm! For the past few years, Edelrid’s product line of belay devices has entirely been of the...

This quick review is based on two days of use and about 10 pitches of climbing. We tested tools with and without pick weights but did not...

DMM Revolver Wiregate This unique carabiner has been in the market for almost 15 years and was the first “I-beam” carabiner to be...

Mad Rock Haywire Mad Rock’s latest shoe won a 2018 Outdoor Industry Award for the degree of innovation involved in it’s construction. Mad...

Mad Rock Lifeguard If belay devices were to be seen as children in a family, then the Black Diamond ATC would be the first child and the...

Grivel Tau Wire Lock Carabiner In 2014, Grivel released the Mega Twin Gate Carabiner. This new design used two, opposed and non-locking...

Kong Slyde In a previous post on personal anchors I mentioned that I have been playing around with the Kong Slyde this season. The Slyde...

Totem Basic Cam Hybrids Colorado Custom Hardware (CCH) Aliens were produced from 1986 to 2009, despite some manufacturing challenges, it...

Fry bake A staple on every NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) course. Durable, yet light enough to take on the longest...

Kong Gigi The Kong Gigi is a simple plaquette/guide plate. A popular piece of gear for climbing guides because of the near effortless...

That is what off-width legend Pamela Shanti Pack says about the Mad Rock Trigger Wire Carabiner. Mad Rock has created a simple yet...

I can climb 5.10 wearing 5.10 climbing shoes. So maybe I can climb 9a if I wear climbing pants called 9a, just maybe, ok probably not. In...