Not too far off in the distant future, you may be able to simply pop a pill or two to prepare your body for the demands of higher altitudes. Two different drug companies, GlaxoSmithKline and Astellas Pharma, are competing to deliver a pill that will boost your body's production of red blood cells, just as if you were at altitude.
During my early mountaineering pursuits, I had it burned into my psyche that breaks are…
SMC has created the Endeez Rope End-icator to give climbers a quick physical means of identifying their rope ends as you are rappelling, belaying, climbing, or generally handling rope. The question is, does this physical rope end identification make climbing any safer?
As you belay another climber, your locking carabiner is always prone to shifting and rotating within your belay system, especially when the rope is not weighted. Apart from being extremely annoying, the danger of carabiner rotation is cross loading.
In preparation for my ice climbing trip to Ouray, I ordered a huge box of Kate's Tram Bars. Every day out on the ice, I have packed a Tram Bar as my lunch. I first tasted Tram Bars at Outdoor Retailer a couple of years ago and have been hooked ever since. Started by Kate Schade in Jackson Hole, Kate's Real Food is all about making products with ingredients from responsible, organic farms, to help you stay outside and play all day.
By Terry Doyle
Despite our best preventative efforts, chafing can strike at any moment during outdoor activities. Once the irritation begins, it can literally ruin your day or even trip. Instead of messing around with talcum powder and petroleum jelly, Saxx men's underwear
