Posts Tagged ‘Climbing equipment’
Climbing Harness Guide: Evolution, Features and Choosing the Right Harness
In Joe Simpson’s autobiography This Game of Ghosts he gives a tense account of an accident on the Dru in the early 1980s. A bivi ledge collapsed, leaving Simpson and his climbing partner dangling from a dodgy peg and staring at a two thousand foot drop. They spent twelve hours hanging there. “It was not [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Barry-argains: Wild Country Helium Clean Wire Quickdraws 5 pack
Hello everyone. This is a new feature for RCUK. Every now and again we’ll alert you to kit bargains that we find around the web. If anyone spots better prices, please drop us a comment so everyone can take advantage of the cut price shiny things. First off we’ll start with these Wild Country Helium, [...]
Climbing equipment review – Mammut Spark 9.5
Next Friday I’m heading to Singapore. My girlfriend has work out there, and I can basically work from pretty much anywhere, provided there’s a decent web connection. So for the next 3 months I’m going to be sampling the sport climbing of Singapore’s only outdoor crag, a quarry called Dairy Farm. I’ll also hopefully sample [...]
Climbing equipment review – Valandre Looping Jacket
One of these days the wind and rain will stop and spring will make an appearance. When the weather finally improves a down vest is often all you need when you’re belaying at the crag on a mild morning. Valandre’s Looping Jacket could be just the job. Valandre is on a mission to revolutionize lightweight [...]
Climbing equipment review – Mad Rock Nomad climbing shoes
2 weeks ago I was asked if I would like to test the Mad Rock Nomad climbing shoes. Having no previous experience of using Mad Rock equipment I was keen to give them a try. What the manufacturer says A traditionally styled shoe with lacing to the toes, the Nomad is supportive for edging and [...]
Climbing equipment review: Mammut Haute Route Pants
This Mammut mountaineering pant is named after the ‘Haute Route’, which is a spectacular traverse across glacial mountains in the French and Swiss Alps. The Haute Route is a demanding trek in the winter or summer months, taking approximately 6 days, the route traverses through some of the highest peaks in the Alps. It’s obvious [...]
Climbing equipment review: The Mammut Chalten Jacket
This snowy spell seems to have got all you ice climbers and winter mountaineers excited, so we thought that you might like to take a look at a couple of interesting items from the Mammut winter clothing range. Mixed winter and ice climbing is extremely demanding and it’s important to make sure that you’ve got [...]
Climbing equipment review: La Sportiva Arco climbing shoes
We’re huge fans of La Sportiva climbing shoes at We Love Mountains, so it was a pleasure to take a pair of Arco Slim Fit to Fontainebleau recently and put them to the test.
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