Brooks-Range Ultralite Solo Tarp
The Solo Tarp is an amazing shelter.
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Wild Country Elite Men’s Ziplock
Wild CountryElite Men's Ziplock$69 | www.wildcountry.co.uk | 4 Stars I've spent the past two years infatuated with the lightest, sleekest climbing harness.
Black Diamond Couloir Alpine Harness
Alpine harnesses are the ninjas of the alpine world. They are ultra-light and compact and can remain hidden in the tiniest corner of a pack until the assault begins. Black Diamond's new Couloir Harness exemplifies what you want and need in an alpine harness.
Wild Country Vision Sport
Wild Country Vision Sport$50 | www.wildcountry.co.uk 4 StarsThe Vision Sport is two ounces lighter and is the sportier, less bulky of the two Wild Cou...
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CAMP Orbit Twist Lock Carabiner
The past couple of years, carabiner manufacturers have burned the midnight oil liposuctioning away precious grams. Now, CAMP has unleashed its latest creation, the Orbit Twist Lock, which, weighing 1.85 ounces, is the world's lightest twistlock carabiner (there are lighter screwlocks, such as the 1.46-ounce DMM Phantom.)
Petzl Summit
The Summit weighs 1 pound 3 ounces, for the 59-cm version without a leash. The few extra ounces and steel head let you set the pick in water ice, often with one swing, and give the adze enough oomph to chop a stance.
SCARPA Phantom Guide Insulated Single Boot
Scarpa Phantom Guide mountaineering, ice and alpine boot field tested by the climbing magazine Rock and Ice.
CAMP Corsa Nanotech Superlight
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.
How to Sharpen Crampons
Get a mill bastard (not again!) file, available at hardware stores and your pappy’s tool shed. Clamp your crampons in a vice if you have one.
Black Diamond Cyborg Pro
The Cyborg is Black Diamond's teched-out crampon for ice and mixed climbing. Its materials, bindings, finish and adjustments are the same or similar to those used on the Sabretooth, so we'll stick to the details that are different.
Black Diamond Sabretooth Pro
Black Diamond enters the stainless-steel crampon arena, replacing its chromoly steel (aka carbon steel) Cyborg, Sabretooth, Serac and Contact (latter two not reviewed) with stainless-steel versions.