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Specialized discipline, sport, recreational fun: ice climbing can take on many roles and also releases many feelings. A tremendous adrenaline rush can be found here as well as the feeling of freedom. Climbing on ice formations of breathtaking mountains and glaciers, you can also feel directly connected with nature. No wonder that ice climbing has become a real trend sport …

Today’s climbing shoes have existed for 40 years. Even if much has changed over time. If you want to go solo climbing, you need the right footwear, but above all suitable buying advice.  So that it does not come to the wrong purchase in the unmanageable huge selection, we want to go into the most important features below. What is …

On tour, you’re grateful for any free space in your backpack. That’s why outdoor and mountain sports equipment manufacturers like to bring combi devices onto the market that save space, make your bags more manageable and are practical. We’ll introduce you to one such device today.  It is a protective case that also provides an upgrade for the headlamp. This …

Who doesn’t know it? The planned tour drags on longer than expected. Especially in autumn and spring, darkness can quickly take you by surprise. Also other suddenly occurring poor visibility conditions are not to be underestimated.  To be able to complete the tour safely, you need a powerful headlamp. If you want to go on a tour lasting several days, …

GriGri* from Petzl and ATC* from Black Diamond are both belay buckles designed for climbers, but which is the more effective belay device?  This question is not so easy to answer, because both fuses have their advantages and disadvantages as well as preferred areas of application. In the following article, we will take a close look at the two fuses …

For arborists and other professional workers in nature, the right protective equipment such as a climbing harness is indispensable. But the market is huge, so it is often difficult to keep track of which product is really good and meets your needs.  In the following, we will therefore compare the Sequoia* climbing harness from Petzl and the treeMOTION* from Teufelberger. …

There are different fields of application for headlamps*. For example, they are used for simple household use such as searching at night or as reading lamps, for late-night walks or jogging in the dark and, of course, professional outdoor headlamps for camping and hiking trips.  In the following guide, three successful headlamp models from Petzl are presented and it is …

The invention of cams was a groundbreaking innovation in climbing – from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Although high-quality ropes, harnesses and friction climbing shoes had long been available, cams were completely new on the market. It was the time when clean climbing became popular in the USA. However, securing in parallel rock cracks with the then available …

Which is the better belay device? We compare the ATC Guide* of the manufacturer Black Diamond with the Reverso 4* of the manufacturer Petzl.  We have divided the criteria of what makes a good belay device into blocking support, safety reserve, operation to release the rope, operation to release, handling and compatibility of karabiner and rope. Before we go into …