Archive for the ‘Climbing equipment’ category
Features climbing equipment that we have drooled over, spent our hard earned wages on and tested to destruction. If you have some climbing equipment that you would like to praise or pull to pieces on this site, please send your review to: gareth(at)rockclimbinguk.co.uk. If you sell or manufacture climbing equipment and you would like us to review it, please get in touch at the same email address and we’ll get straight back to you.
Win a funky beanbag worth more than 100 quid – closes Midnight tonight!
OK, so this is not strictly a piece of climbing equipment but it is a serious piece of post-climbing, chilling kit! My good friends over at b-bag are giving away one of their fantastic new quilted Mighty-b b-bags. All you have to do for a chance to win is head over to their Facebook page [...]
Mammut Obelisk DLX Approach Shoe Review
Last month, having arranged a weekend of climbing in Snowdonia, I realised rather late in the day that I didn’t have any approach shoes (I had thrown my old ones away after trashing them in a rare spate of gardening). Luckily whilst signing in for a climbing session at Rock City in Hull, I noticed [...]
How To: Indoor Climbing and Training
Winter can be a frustrating time for rock climbers. As the nights begin to draw in and temperatures cool down, it becomes harder to get out on rock as often as you’ve become used to through the summer. For many, the balance between outdoor and indoor climbing will have to shift towards pulling on plastic [...]
Wild Country Helium Carabiner Review
Reviewing the Wild Country Helium carabiner isn’t really a difficult job for me. I’ve been climbing with them for the past 7 years, taking them all over the place. Simply put, The Helium is an amazing carabiner, considered by many to be the ultimate ‘all rounder’, from winter routes where its big shape and clean [...]
5 Essential Pieces of Kit for the Beginner Climber
So, you’ve tried some climbing. You’ve been to the climbing wall a few times, your dreams are increasingly full of visions of you performing complicated and strangely beautiful climbing moves, and you can’t walk past a wall without picking out potential routes for traversing. Or maybe you’ve had your first taste of outdoor climbing; a [...]
Patagonia Capilene® Lightweight 2 T-Shirt Review
We’ve had a good run of weather recently, which has meant climbing or bouldering in warm conditions. With this in mind let me introduce you to the Capiline® 2 T-Shirt from Patagonia. What the manufacturer says Our most breathable synthetic base-layer keeps your dry and comfortable Made for early season singletrack and long, sweeping Yosemite [...]
The New Petzl GriGri2 – Full Review
When I first heard in July 2010 that Petzl were to release an updated version of the GriGri my thoughts followed one particular chain, and that was something along the lines of … “Petzl must think they’ve got something pretty special going on if they are updating the GriGri” The GriGri has become one of [...]
Post Climbing Finger Repair – Joshua Tree Climbing Salve
You’re probably groaning and saying “Oh no, not another climbers’ balm!”, but before you hit the back button, there are some interesting things you should know about JTree’s Climbing Salve. 1. This is not a new product. Joshua Tree have been making skin care products for climber’s hands for 10 years. It’s just pretty new [...]
Black Diamond Reinvent the Auto-Locking Carabiner
Black Diamond have just announced the development of a new auto-locking carabiner which uses magnets to lock. They call it Magnetron Technology. The concept is designed to keep all the security of a locking carabiner but make it much easier to use than sprung ones currently available. I suspect that using magnets instead of springs [...]
Take Your iPhone Climbing Without the Fear of Wrecking it – The NUT
If like me you’re an iPhone user, you’ve probably thought about climbing with your iPhone but been too worried that you’ll end up scratching it, denting or worse, completely smashing it to pieces. My solution has often been to simply leave it in the car, or on multi-pitch climbs, wrap it up and stuff it [...]
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