Gear

• April 2011
• Climb

Last month Dave Furman, Mammut USA’s hardgood expert, answered my question about sheath thickness of ropes. Usually when leading with two thin ropes, I just call them double or twin ropes. This is a good idea when alpine climbing, since you want a second rope anyway for descending, so you may as well reduce the […]

• March 2011
• Climb

I’m very particular about ropes, and several years ago I started using Mammut ropes. I wasn’t sponsored by Mammut, I just thought they had the best ropes and I was literally crazy about those ultralight dyneema slings they make. So I bought a bunch, and became a permanent fan. A few years later Mammut became […]

• March 2011
• Climb

Hi Steph, I’m sure your tired of asking gear questions? You said you size all your shoes half size down accept long all day easier, in which you size the same size as your street shoe. My only question to you is the use and sizing of moccasyns for crack climbing. I assume you want […]

• February 2011
• Climb

Hey Steph, I saw a photo on your Facebook page recently and it looked like you were wearing the Five Ten Projects on a desert crack climb (I think on Castleton). I thought that was interesting- a soft bouldering shoe for crack climbs. Do you wear those often in the desert? Samuel Hi Samuel, The […]