HardGoods

The all-aluminum Corsa (7 ounces) is the lightest ice axe made. Now, for a few ounces more, you can get the Corsa with Sandvik Nanoflex stainless-steel reinforcements on the pick and spike.

I like many things to be kinky, but my climbing rope isn’t one of them.

This affordable, hardened steel carabiner was made for use in gyms, where repeated lowering and toproping quickly wear grooves in standard aluminum biners, but the Gym Pro is equally applicable for outdoor use on anchors in high-traffic areas and on popular routes.

If you dipped your barefeet into a bucket of liquid rubber (yes, this has been tried) then went climbing you'd get roughly the same sensation as you would wearing La Sportiva's new slipper the Speedster -- the softest shoe I've ever worn.

Kahtoola MicroSpikes gear tested by Rock and Ice magazine.

Finally, a quickdraw built for actual, real-world sport climbing! The Black Diamond LiveWire is a snazzy green quickdraw that has quickly become my favorite way to connect rope to rock.

Mammut bills its Smart device as a tool for gym and sport climbers.

You use a quickdraw to keep you safe—basically, alive. But how about reading a symptom card or supporting a cause?

There are nearly 50 different belay devices on the market, and fewer than five qualify as “auto-locking.”

Millet Silver Triaxiale 9.8 climbing rope is reviewed by Rock and Ice, the climbing magazine.

A little over a year ago Tommy Caldwell and Justen Sjong established the most sustained free route on El Cap when they romped up Magic Mushroom, left of the Nose.

Kahtoola Traction System (KTS) field test report by Rock and Ice magazine.