We found ourselves at 3500 meters, the tent pitched between two huge crevasses. The weather forecast had been good for these days, but we were experiencing a storm with strong blows of wind trying to collapse our little tent. No…

The Jetboil cooking system is one of the most compact, fuel efficient and complete cooking solutions for backpackers, climbers and mountaineers. I bought my Jetboil in 2006 and have used it a great deal on different occasions from weekend climbing…

For our stay on the glacier we tried to figure out the perfect food system. Our requirements on the food were that it had to be cheap, light weight, high caloric, healthy, easy to cook and tasty. This meal satisfies…

Tonight at my local climbing gym, a friend broke the sling of a quickdraw by bodyweight. Luckaly the fixed quickdraw was used only to keep the rope near the wall in an overhanging section, so my friend got away with it.…