There’s a particular feeling you get when you cinch yourself into a pair of four-season winter boots. It’s an electric mix of invincibility and discomfort as you adjust your gait to a ramrod sole that’s meant for kicking snow steps and front pointing all day. Serious boots were built for one thing, and that’s not […]
Scarpa Manta Comes Top In Trail Magazine Review
Scarpa has just cleaned up the British Trail Magazine’s awards, winning best 4-season winter boot with the Scarpa Manta and best 3-4 season boot with the Scarpa SL. The review, which calls itself “Britain’s toughest test”, is bound to increase the popularity of the already iconic Manta boot.Update 2010: Most of this was written when […]
Scarpa Omega A New Generation of Ice Climbing Boot
Scarpa Omega – A New Generation of Ice-Climbing Boot Scarpa, well known for their double plastic Vega boots (Inferno in the U.S.), have released a new ice climbing boot that claims to be lighter and warmer than its competitors in the field of double plastic boots. These are boots with a waterproof and freeze-proof plastic […]
Patagonia Rain Shadow Jacket Reviewed
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 […]
Petzl Tikka Headtorch Reviewed – Looking dated
Petzl Tikka Reviewed Great little light for it’s day I prefer the Tikka Plus or Tikka XP javascript:void(0) The Petzl Tikka was my, and probably half the world’s, introduction to the world of long-life LED headtorches.This little light has three LEDs that run off three AAA batteries and not much else to it’s credit. It […]