Posts Tagged ‘Product reviews’
Metolius Simulator 3D Finger Board for Climbing Improvement
With the Spring monsoon and the resulting wet rock, I have decided to put another four weeks of hard training in. Having trained hard over the last few months, I had tailed my training off with the intention of peaking in May. Unfortunately like many other climbers at the moment I have peaked with no [...]
DMM Alpha Trad Quickdraws Review
Reviewing quickdraws is one of those areas which are difficult as they have been evolving over the last 30 years to reach the excellent levels of design we have today. There are now so many good products on the market, climbers tend to take these pieces of vital equipment for granted. I recently received a [...]
Merrell Moab Mid Gore-Tex® Boots
If you’re after a lightweight, comfortable, breathable, waterproof hiking shoe then read on. What Merrell say about the Moab Mid Gore-Tex® A breath of fresh air never looked so good or performed so well. Get the versatility your various exploits demand without losing your cool in this collection, which features an integrated mesh upper for [...]
StoneMonkey Dinas SuperSnug Hoody
I was browsing the web a few weeks ago and came across a brand that caught my eye. StoneMonkey are a clothing and accessory brand aimed squarely at the adventure market. I hadn’t really noticed StoneMonkey before so I foolishly assumed they were new. Not so, the brand has actually been around since 1994, how [...]
Cold Wars – Andy Kirkpatrick
Andy Kirkpatrick is a man who’s not afraid to look unflinchingly at himself in the mirror, and he’s not afraid to write about what he finds. Even as this book was being published, he was making a solo attempt on the Troll Wall in Norway, getting his fill of the “cold and suffering” in which [...]
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 [...]
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 Schengen Files – Film Review
This short but sweet offering from Paul Robinson hits you with action from the off. It highlights some of the best (…and hardest) problems in the bouldering mecca of Fontainebleau in France and also a short feature on The Story of Two Worlds in Cresciano, Switzerland giving an insight into what it’s like to be [...]
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 [...]
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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