Every year the BANFF Mountain Film Festival (@BanffMtnFest) selects a set of great films for a world wide tour. One of the stars of the 2014 tour was this winning documentary on the beginning of counter culture climbing in the Yosemite Valley.
Category: Bolts to ‘Biners
Lunatik Taktik Extreme
I do not know about you but when I am climbing the last thing I want to worry about is wrecking my iPhone. I go to great lengths to keep it safe. AppleCare+ is a great service but unless there is an Apple Store in your local crag, you’re going to be out of luck if you drop your iPhone taking top-out anchor selfies. That is why I prefer to protect it as a first line of defense and why the only case that I trust up there is the Lunatik Taktik Extreme for three reasons.
ClimbTech Legacy Bolt
One of the most intimidating things about climbing is route setting. I am a novice climber (okay, beginner) but I know that at some point I am going to get to the level of setting a route. Though the topic of finding, rating, and collaborating on the location of a route is a topic for future posts, I have been learning about some of the hardware and wanted to share it with you.
MSR Pocket Rocket
Lately I’ve had the urge to do some extra camping to stay closer to a climbing site to decrease travel time. The only problem was that I was completely un-prepared to prepare a camp meal. Cooking a decent meal can be very time-consuming compared to preparing a meal at home. This is no longer an issue with the MSR Pocket Rocket camp stove. Read more