Duane Raleigh

The EOS is the only lamp reviewed with the batteries stowed right behind the bulb (the other three have a rear-mounted pack).

If I were obsessed with pads, say, sitting upright in bed at 2:17 a.m., debating the merits of taco versus hinged folds, I'd jot down the features that, in addition to the basics of foam and straps, every bouldering pad should have. The list would go:

The key to trad climbing is the same thing that's necessary for success in any bold endeavor: balls. I got my balls, or more precisely, Ball Nuts, in 1992, and have used them on almost every gear route since.

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Man’s greatest invention wasn’t the lunar module. Nor was it bronze or the sea clock. It was fire.

This is Mammut's best shoe to date, and by miles. I rank it alongside any top-shelf steep-rock, sport or bouldering model.

The Maxcam is heralded as the first cam with an asymmetrical design (the inner cams are longer than the outer lobes) and floating axles.

Ever since creation, man has feared what he cannot see. When it's dark, psychos with skinning knives chase buxom lasses through the woods, and rappel ropes dangle unseen well short of the ledge.

Review of the new climbing helmet by Wild Country, the Rock Lite. Affordable, light-fit and easily adjustable.

The carbon-fiber Cobra has the rigidity of a steel pipe with virtually none of the weight, and what heft there is, is mostly in the head, right where it should be. The best part, though, is the tool's feel.

Field test results for the Vaude 35 superlight climbing pack.

I've always figured that making do with less meant hardship. Less money meant less fun. Less time off meant more work.