Nov 24, 2024 · Honnold’s exceedingly bold 2017 free solo of the Freerider route on El Capitan was a seismic moment in climbing’s history, while the resulting Free Solo documentary film made Honnold a global superstar. However, Honnold’s achievements go way beyond his daring free solos. He’s set many speed records and even achieved dazzling firsts in the world of mountaineering, as well as being an ...

Feb 14, 2024 · If you’re looking for one ski that’s fun in a lot of conditions; that you can wear to tow a sled into a backcountry hut; that you can zoom around your nearest groomed Nordic network on; and that won’t be overwhelmed by some backcountry adventures, then this is …

Jun 21, 2024 · A rock climbing harness goes around your waist and thighs and allows you to attach to the rope for both safe climbing and rappelling (Image credit: Alex Foxfield). Unless you’re going bouldering, you’ll need a climbing harness. A rock climbing harness goes around your waist and thighs and allows you to attach to the rope for both safe climbing and rappelling and to belay your partner.

Aug 6, 2024 · What is a Vibram sole? Vibram (pronounced “vee-bram”) is a brand of shoe sole produced and licensed by an Italian company of the same name.The brand use rubber compounds to produce outsoles that are fit for the exacting demands of trail runners, hikers and mountaineers.. Vibram's founder, Vitale Bramani was the first in the world to design a rubber lug outsole, motivated by his desire to ...

Jun 6, 2024 · Deciding where you want to go and how you want to camp is key (Image credit: Getty Images). Knowing where you want to go camping involves knowing what kind of camping you want to do. There’s backpacking, where you carry everything on your back and hike in to a remote destination, and then there’s car camping where you load up the car and drive to a …

Dec 11, 2024 · “A tourist follows a trail, a mountaineer finds one.” Outspoken, charismatic, daring and brilliant, few individuals hold the respect of the mountaineering community like Reinhold Messner. Widely regarded as the greatest mountaineer of all time, Messner’s achievements and the style with which he climbed some of the world’s most challenging peaks have made him a modern-day doyen.

Dec 9, 2022 · The initial Yaktrax design entailed steel coils on a stretchy rubber upper that you can pull on over your winter footwear, but these days they’ve exploded into a profusion of different designs and styles meant for a variety of uses, from nipping to the grocery store on a frosty morning to mountaineering.In this article, we walk you through the different types of Yaktrax to help you choose ...

Nov 4, 2024 · The Fan Dance is a tough SAS fitness test in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) that covers 3,600ft of vertical ascent over 14.8 miles (Image credit: Steve Shrubsall)

Jun 13, 2024 · If you find yourself in an emergency situation where you’re losing body heat faster than you can generate it – say you’re lost on a long hike, fall through ice or have just completed a very long and gruelling trail run – you’re in danger of developing hypothermia.If you can’t get indoors immediately, you can whip out your emergency blanket …

Nov 7, 2024 · Another climbing shoe that got the 5-star seal of approval from expert tester Jessie Leong, the Tenaya Masai is a shoe with a neutral footbed that can nevertheless hold its own on everything from easier multi-pitch trad to boulder problems.