Products
Make 3 out of 1: climbing, ski touring and biking with one helmet
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Multiple certification, protective function, important standards: five important facts when buying a helmet for mountain sports.
UPDATE: Call for review of the Edelrid Mega Jul
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Edelrid is expanding its call to review the Mega Jul security device. All batches of the device must now be checked.
Cracks in finger skin – cause, treatment, prevention | Pulpitis Sicca
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Cracks on the fingertips or joints? We'll show you how to effectively treat and prevent cracks - pulpitis sicca.
Beal calls for Birdie to check the belay device
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Beal has received a lot of feedback about broken handles on the Birdie belay device. For this reason, Beal calls for a review of the device.
Little frills, a lot of performance: The LVS Powder BT from Pieps
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The wintry mountain world is impressive and offers a lot of new things in summer: ski tours, snowshoe hikes or ice climbing, to name just a few sports. Unfortunately, snow-covered peaks also harbor a real risk of an avalanche. Especially with the current snow conditions. Life-saving equipment in an emergency is essential. Above all a reliable avalanche transceiver. We introduce you to the Powder BT from Pieps.
Upsalite Magnesium - miracle cure for climbing and bouldering?
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Is Upsalite (Mesoporous Magnesium Carbonates) the new miracle weapon in climbing and bouldering? We tested Black Gold and Pure Gold.
Massage pistols for climbers in the test: sense or nonsense
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How can massage guns be used in climbing? Where do the massage guns make sense, where don't? We tested three models.
More comfort: ST Rotation 10 ski touring binding from Dynafit
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The ST Rotation 10 ski touring binding from Dynafit offers greater ease of entry and constant release values.
These 4 grams can save your life: Recco reflector
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Recco is a small and at the same time highly efficient rescue system that can save your life. We show what it can and cannot do.
Gift ideas for climbers and boulderers
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You are guaranteed to be spot on with these eight gift ideas for climbers and boulderers. So let's go bouldering and climbing.
Mammut calls for avalanche airbags to be checked
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Mammut is recalling Generation 3.0 avalanche airbags for the 2020/2021 winter season. The functionality could be impaired.
Prize draw: Sea to Summit sleeping bag system to be won
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In cooperation with Sea to Summit we are giving away a high-quality sleeping bag system. This includes a sleeping bag, sleeping mat, liner and pillow. The competition entry form can be found after this article.
Light and warm: the Ghost Whisperer down jacket from Mountain Hardware
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With this jacket you are prepared for cold days. We introduce you to the Ghost Whisperer down jacket from Mountain Hardwear.
Recall: Decathlon recalls the Vitalink via ferrata set from Simond
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Decathlon is recalling via ferrata sets Vitalink from Simond, which were purchased between June 20, 2020 and November 02, 2020.
Kurt Albert: red dot inventor, climbing pioneer & lateral thinker [biography]
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Kurt Albert was one of the greatest climbers of all time. A biography was published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his death.
Close the loop rope collection campaign: 758 kilograms of ropes have already been collected
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As part of the Close The Loop rope collection campaign, 748kg of rope material has already been collected. New products are made from this.
Developed for the gym: the La Sportiva Theory climbing shoe
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La Sportiva has developed a special climbing shoe for dynamic moves and wide volumes when climbing indoors: The Theory.
Vote the Assholes Out: Patagonia with political message on label
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Patagonia has placed a hidden but unmistakable message on the labels of its Stand Up Shorts: Vote the Assholes Out.
Light and incredibly bright: the IKO Core headlamp from Petzl
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The IKO Core headlamp from Petzl is different than any other model you've seen before. We took the new lamp into the field.
The lightest backpack in the world? Ultra-Sil Nano Daypack from Sea to Summit
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Is it the lightest backpack in the world? We tested the Ultra-Sil Nano Daypack from Sea to Summit for you while bouldering and climbing.
Dyneema slings: rumors and facts
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Dyneema Schlingen has a bad reputation. Wrongly. What are the rumors surrounding the material and what are the facts?
GPS watch with solar energy: The Garmin Instinct Solar
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Find out everything about the Garmin Instinct Solar, the GPS watch with solar panel and a battery life of 54 days in standby mode.
Gear Talk: The HMS Rondo Autolock carabiner from Austrialpin
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We have tested the new Autolock carabiner from Austrialpin - the HMS Rondo Slide - in the climbing garden and on multi-pitch climbing.
Petzl calls for the inspection of semi-static ropes
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The mountain sports equipment supplier Petzl calls for the inspection of semi-static ropes from its product range. Customers are asked to check their ropes.
The bouldering weapon from Scarpa: The Instinct VSR
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Asymmetrical fit, close-fitting and an additional rubber coating for bombproof toehooks. This is the Scarpa Instinct VSR.
Small and light shoe for rock sessions: Pure Freedom from Meindl
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The barefoot shoe Pure Freedom by Meindl offers you a lot of breathing and freedom of movement and thanks to its Vibram sole you still have a good kick.
Climbing guide Plaisir Süd Vol. 1 & 2 - available now
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Edition Filidor publishes the two new climbing guides Plaisir Süd Volume 1 and 2. The two new climbing guides are now available.
Newsletter
News
mountaineering
Many more foreign people have fatal accidents
Mountain emergency statistics 2023: In the Swiss Alps last year, 3501 people were in distress and 114 people had fatal accidents.
Climbing
Seb Berthe repeats Trad masterpiece Bon Voyage (9a)
Seb Berthe secures the third ascent of Bon Voyage in Annot, probably the most difficult trad route in the world.
bouldering
Elias Iagnemma climbs Burden of Dreams (9A)
Elias Iagnemma repeats Burden of Dreams in Lappnor and secures the fourth ascent of the world's first 9A boulder.
mountaineering
16 peaks, 110 km, 11850 m altitude: Benjamin Védrine's K2 preparation is in full swing
Benjamin Védrines completes the circumnavigation of the Serre-Chevalier valley in the heart of the French Alps within two days.
bouldering
Old master Dai Koyamada releases the hardest project of his life: Yugen (8C/8C+)
8C/8C+ Boulder at the age of 47: The Japanese climbing legend Dai Koyamada opens a new mega line with Yugen.