Equipment

By mountaintravel • July 25th, 2008

Weight: 2 pounds, 2.7 ounces
MSRP: $500
La Sportiva has created another fine technical boot with the new Batura. I’ve used the Nuptse in the Himalaya, the Nepal Top all over the North Cascades and Ouray, the Trango Ice Evo and Women’s Trango Evo GTX in Patagonia and at home in the San Juans. I’ve been happy [...]

In Pakistan last week G1 and Broad Peak had remarkable ascents and Nanga was summited as well. Over the hills; China reported that it will open Tibet but restrict Everest (for environment concerns this time), while the Lhasa torch relay turned a showdown for local political leaders who vowed to destroy the Dalai Lama – [...]

A wide range of equipment is used during rock climbing. The most popular types of climbing equipment are briefly described in this article. The article on protecting a climb describes equipment commonly used to protect a climber against the consequences of a fall.

Contents

1 Rope, cord and webbing
2 Carabiners
3 Quickdraws
4 Harnesses
5 Belay devices
6 Rappel devices [...]

The MARABUT tents were successfully used by the following international expeditions into the Himalayas:
two Winter Expeditions to Nanga Parbat (8.125 m) in 1997 and 1998, headed by Andrzej Zawada – generally believed to have pioneered the concept of making winter ascents onto the Himalayan summits.
Winter Expedition to K2 (8.611 m) in 2003, [...]