Mountain Standards

Posted February 27, 2012

C.A.M.P. Cassin X-All Mountain: Light, Aggressive and Home-Depot Orange

There are only so many ways of describing an ice tool. Attributes worth discussing are shaft clearance, pick angle and spike pointy-ness—the X-All Mountain excels at all of them. But in reality, biomechanics have a lot to do with matching a user to their perfect tool. And the X-All Mountain feels like a custom tool made just for me.



Posted February 16, 2012

Grivel Monte Bianco: The Pleasure of Wood

With it's classic design, neutral angle blade and abnormally large spike, it seems as though this axe was well designed for meandering through low-angle snowfields thinking about the late greats and golden ages - but nothing more.



Posted February 6, 2012

Ibex Shak Lite FZ Sport: Frontcountry Function

What started as a gift from a client that I planned only to wear out of courtesy, inadvertently became my go-to layer for climbing, skiing and traveling. If my house were on fire, my Shak jacket is one of the items I would grab on my way out.



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