Gear guides, product tests, best for your buck, gear history and so on.
A few weeks ago when colder temperatures came, we went through different base layer strategies to consider for the activity. Insulating layering strategies featured by Helly Hansen: Part 1 Baselayers. However, now it’s just not fresher, but goddam cold and it’s time to dive deeper in insulating layers. Just as on the last article, we Read more about Insulating layering strategies featured by Helly Hansen: Part 2[…]
Summer is not really looking forward for letting go, however winter soon will be here and it’s time to go through our layering strategies for spending time in the mountains. […]
You may have noticed on my last articles and photos that I’m always climbing with a fancy yellow backpack. Well, that’s the Mountain Hardwear Hueco 20 pack and during the last six weeks I’ve been putting it to test. […]
Another year, we assisted to the big gathering of the Outdoor Industry for the spring-summer collection in the picturesque village of Friedrichshafen. Friedrichshafen is located at the shores of lake Constanze on the Swiss/German border. There is not much more to it than a cute promenade, a lot of apple farming, for some reason Read more about Outdoor 2017: An overview[…]
This article aims to provide the tools for understanding the criterias behind choosing between a hardshell and a softshell according to our activities and budget. […]
LUPO AX 125C can it do spring alpine backcountry?
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: On the belay is participating with Dalbello and ISPO open Innovation on a testing campaign for the new lupo range 2017-2018.
Last week I visited my friends of Plein Nord. They represent Scarpa in France and they took their time to show me the new products for W2017-2018. We discussed the innovations and I got to get the on my feet.
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Last week’s post Ski Touring: choosing your first setup. received a solid feedback.
You’ve been asking to go deeper in the world of reinforced tech bindings for free touring, so here we go.
SKI TOURING IS THE NEW TREND. It’s growing beyond its traditional ground of haute routes and refuges and we now see it daily even in our ski resorts. The ones that got a bite onto it can’t keep their mouth shut bragging about its virtues. You are getting the munchies and you know it, but gearing up seems complicated and it’s expensive.
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