Posts Tagged ‘Product reviews’

Climbing equipment review – Marmot ROM Jacket

One word sums up the Marmot ROM jacket – ‘versatile’! I have now worn the ROM jacket for warm winter days as an outer layer, as a mid layer in winter on colder days, for mountain multi pitch rock routes in the summer and for ski touring in the Alps. ROM stands for range of [...]

Climbing equipment review – Valandre Oural Down Mittens

Gloves. Have you spent ages trying to find the right pair? I’ve read all of Andy Kirkpatrick’s blog posts about the right glove systems, but when it comes down to it, gloves either don’t fit, aren’t warm enough, are warm enough but too bulky to do anything with or they let the water in. I [...]

Climbing book review – Training for Climbing by Eric J Horst

I really want to get better at climbing. I’ve become obsessed with improvement. I even gave up my previous job to allow me more time to better my climbing. I’m not terrible at it, but I’m not great either. Like most people I started climbing and enjoyed rapid improvement until I reached a sticking point. [...]

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 – ‘Trigger Gate’ Carabiner by Mad Rock

We’ve all been there… You’re climbing an overhanging route, you’re pumped, you reach the quick-draw. The holds are poor but you need to clip. You shout slack and pull in a handful rope. As you try to clip the rope into the quick-draw, you catch the wire and the draw starts to swing. Your other [...]

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.

Climbing equipment review: Arcteryx Escala Pants

I must start by apologising for the rather short (let’s call it succinct) nature of this post. I’m writing inbetween climbing sessions at Fontainebleau in France

OK, down to products. The Arcteryx Escala Pants