Mountain Standards

Posted July 25, 2011

Ueli Steck Special Edition Titanium Knife: Sometimes Useful

Ueli's tool has a function for every piece of gear in my backcountry quiver: a sixty-five millimeter blade, file, hexagonal keys, flat- and Phillips-head screwdriver, wire stripper and can opener. For three months, I used the multitool to tune, tweak, sharpen, crank, slice, saw and open a beer at the end of it all.



Posted July 11, 2011

C.A.M.P. Speed Helmet: The Lightest Lid

Helmets can be so top heavy the straps can't hold them in position. You look back at your partner and his frontal lobe is shining in the sun while the helmet humps the back of his head. Thank goodness technology has finally caught up.



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