Mountaineering gear news, reviews and tests
In the annuls of mountaineering there are a few tents that really stand out above the crowd when it comes to conquering big summits, and one of these is the Mountain Hardware EV2. This is a single-walled tent that means it is going to be a lot lighter than most other similarly-sized double-walled tents. In [...] Read more »
Few tents out there come even close to being as tough as the Mountain Hardwear Trango 2 , a tent that really is built to be bombproof. The Trango is not exactly light, nor is it compact, but it is tough and roomy and makes a great first mountaineering tent that will see you through [...] Read more »
There is little doubt that one of the world’s best mountaineering tents is the Mountain Hardwear EV 2 tent. This is a serious expedition tent. Unfortunatly it also comes with a serious price tag. But what you get for your money is pure performance The first thing to note about this tent is that is [...] Read more »
If you are contemplating a really serious expedition to a high peak then you will have to look for a top of the range, heavy-duty mountain tent. These are typically classed one notch above 4-season tents (sometimes they are just called winter tents) and are known as expedition tents or mountaineering tents. They have sturdy [...] Read more »
Almost since the dawn of time people have tried to figure out funky ways of staying warm in the cold. Even poor old Otzi the iceman, who fell into some snow high up on a glacier in the Alps about 5000 years ago, only to pop out near the bottom of it a few years [...] Read more »
If you are only just starting to take up mountaineering or backpacking, one of the most expensive bits of gear that you will have to get is a decent mountain tent. To start out you should probably try to share with friends or borrow so you can get a feel of what you need [...] Read more »