Andrew Bishrat

I've been a big fan of Gore Windstopper ever since I held a square swath of the material against a fan-generated blast of air. Its wind-blocking properties were surprisingly effective.

Spyder's new Refuge jacket is one of the most innovative waterproof-breathable shells to hit the market.

Field test review of the new Edelrid Mega Jul belay device, a serious contender for a "semi-auto" device.

Though the Miura VS is most definitely "high performance," it actually is an all-around tool that would improve every climber's performance, no matter what discipline they are into.

Six years ago I raved about this new company called Organic Climbing and its flagship crashpad, the Full Pad. Since then, a few features on the Full Pad have been tweaked, but the main features that make it one of my favorite landing zones remain.

Revolution can be counted as one of the most impassioned, high-quality bouldering companies in today’s market. They are constantly redesigning and tweaking their products to improve the caliber and function. For this year, they’ve refaced the Mission pad, a large taco-style pad that is a direct descendant of the classic Cordless Large Crash Pad.

Field tested review of the Edelrid Tech Web 12mm, 24-inch loop.

In the 20 years since the Petzl Grigri was invented, no other single-rope “brake-assisted” belay device has been able to compete with it in ergonomics, reliability and performance. Until now.

Gear heads are going to be tweaking and freaking over Petzl’s new MYO RXP. This fully programmable LED headlamp allows you to customize how many lumens you set forth into the darkness.

Jesse and I couldn't contain ourselves. Gunning to link Eldo's Great Zot (5.8) with Rewritten (5.7), a five pitch loose, discontinuous crack line, we had brought a rack of 36 CAMP Tricams and 10 draws.

As the foremost hipster of Carbondale, Colorado (population 6,000), I accept that people look to me for what’s avaunt-garde, trendy and cool. Believe me, it’s a lot of pressure.

It took the Stanford-educated engineer and physicist John Field three years of lab work to perfect the asymmetrical design that gives the small Supercam its 1.22-inch range while maintaining a strapping 13.3 kN holding force.