HIMALI: A Gear Company with Great Ideas and Products
How often does a new company enter the highly competitive market for quality outdoor jackets and clothing … and succeed? Well, Boulder, Colorado-based HIMALI has done just that and judging by their second-generation line, they are excelling. Full disclosure, company founders Dave Schaeffer and Tendi Sherpa provided at no charge all the gear I have […]
Gifts for the 2018 Climber in your Life
Looking for that perfect gift for your climber (or yourself) ? Hopefully this update for Holiday 2018 season’s annual post will give you some ideas based on my own personal experience. You don’t have to spend a lot to make your climber happy! I always try to buy local to keep the sales tax in […]
Gifts for the 2017 Climber in your Life
Looking for that perfect gift for your climber (or yourself) ? Hopefully this post will give you some ideas based on my own personal experience. You don’t have to spend a lot to make your climber happy! I always try to buy local to keep the sales tax in my city and support my local […]
Gear: winter Layers
With winter about to launch in full, and the upper United States experiencing an Arctic cold wave, I thought now is a good time to review some thoughts on how to layer for those winter climbs. I just got back home from a great summit climb on Mt. Washington in New Hampshire at 6,289 feet. […]
Out of Sight and Mind: Summit Socks (and boots)
As I packed my gear for Manaslu, I looked at my pile of socks. Summit socks, s I need summit socks. Wait you say, are summit socks different than climbing or trekking or any other kind of socks? Glad you asked. By the time you are ready to go for the summit of a big […]
Gear Review: Layering System on Manaslu
As I planned my September 2013 climb of the world’s 8th highest mountain, Manaslu (26, 759 feet 8156 meters), I looked at my gear carefully. It had worked well on Everest and the 7 Summits plus countless other climbs but I wanted to reduce weight and frankly some of it was worn out with rips […]
Gifts for the 2012 Climber in your Life
Looking for that perfect gift for your climber (or yourself) ? Hopefully this post will give you some ideas. You don’t have to spend a lot to make your climber happy! These are some ideas based on my own personal experiences. If you have time and want the absolute lowest price, use the website Spadout. […]
Communicating from Everest – 2012 Update
I receive many questions on how I did my live dispatches for the 7 Summits so I put together this short tutorial for anyone wanting to communicate during an expedition from anywhere on our planet. While staying in touch is mandatory and part of an expedition for me, some people want to get away from […]
Gifts for the Climber in your Life
Looking for that perfect gift for your climber? Here are some ideas based on my 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s: Memories are Everything this past year: Free!: Take walk with your climber and ask him/her why they love the mountains. Under $10 Black Diamond Nitron Carabiner: strong, > […]
7 Summits Gear Review
Climbing 8 big mountains in 11 months required many things but proper gear was a must. In this post, I will review what I used, what worked, no what didn’t; taking it a layer at a time. To review, I did 8 climbs with 7 summits in 11 months. They were: Vinson (Antarctica), Aconcagua (South […]