Patagonia’s Rain Shadow Jacket is a great choice for a light-weight but durable shell jacket that is at home on light hikes all the way up to pretty serious summits. It packs small and is light enough that you have no excuse not to have it. If you are willing to give up some refinements […]
REI Mistral Pant and Marmot Oracle Pant Reviewed
REI Mistral Pant and Marmot Oracle Pant Reviewed A winning combination. The wind was blowing so hard it was rocking me on my feet, the rain so fierce it was a drumbeat on my hood, coming in horizontally and stinging my face. Perfect conditions then to test my new REI Mistral and Marmot Oracle pants. […]
Berghaus Alan Hinkes Jacket
Berghaus is marketing a limited edition of of it’s Challenge 8000 jacket, a hard shell Gore-Tex XCR jacket designed by British Mountaineer Alan Hinkes.Hinkes reached the summit of Kangchenjunga on 30th May 2005 becoming the first Briton to climb all the world’s fourteen 8000 metre summits.It’s taken 18 years and 28 expeditions and Alan describes […]