Climbing trees whether for sport or for a living can be a dangerous exercise. This is especially true when climbing tall erect trees whose branches to which you can hold or step on are perhaps a hundred feet or more above the ground. In such cases, you will need all the help you can get. [...]
Created specifically to meet the needs of women climbers, the Petzl Elia Women’s Climbing Helmet provides an excellent fit and extra comfort for their intended users. The Petzl Elia is suitable for most types of climbing including rock and ice climbing, mountaineering, canyoning, caving, and tree climbing. The helmet’s headband is designed to fit heads [...]
Named after a lizard that adheres to virtually any surface, the ISC KH452 Gecko Supersafe Carabiner keeps your ropes and other climbing gear close to where you want them at all times. Made by International Safety Components, Inc, the Gecko Supersafe features a unique configuration designed to force the connection point to the ‘biner’s small [...]
When tree climbing, you need to protect your hands as gripping ropes and grasping tree trunks and branches with rough barks can chafe or even graze and scrape your palms. At the same time, however, you need to maintain your manual dexterity in order to be able to manipulate your carabiners, ascenders, rope grabs, and [...]
Sporting a design that is different from typical harnesses, the Buckingham Deluxe Traverse Saddle has plenty of advantages over them. It uses a split tail system for more comfort and better positioning. Taking advantage of this system, there are two sliding dee rings on the durable Nybuck webbing bridge that allow lateral movement of up [...]
Reinforced with Kevlar and fiberglass, the composite shell of the Pacific Helmets WR5 is one tough headgear that can take bumps, crashes, and collisions in a stride. Since Kevlar is five times as strong as steel given the same weight, the WR5 is extremely light yet exceptionally strong, making it comfortable to wear, and making [...]
DMM first introduced the revolutionary concept of incorporating a pulley to a carabiner with its DMM Revolver. This, however, is a non-locking carabiner that is closed with a wire gate. With the DMM Revolver Locksafe Carabiner, a locking version is now available. The pulley is embedded into the biner’s basket. It rotates on a high-tensile [...]
The name Shanta originated from Sanskrit, the classic literary language of India. It means calm or serene. It is an apt name for the New Tribe Shanta Rope Pack, because it assures you that your climbing ropes, on which your life may sometimes literally hang, are fully protected. Climbing ropes can be damaged when exposed [...]
Gripping ropes, grasping twigs and branches and perhaps even hanging on them requires adequate protection for your hands, otherwise you risk cutting them with the rough bark of tall trees. At the same time, however, you also need to be able to manipulate your ascenders, descenders, pulleys, and carabiners, as well as the knots and [...]
Instead of the more common tie-in and belay loops, the New Tribe Pro-Gear II Arborist Saddle has a tie-in point that is fixed at the front and which is closed with a pear screw link; and, in place of the belay loop, it uses a floating roller D on the leg loop crosspiece or strap [...]
All climbing ropes, no matter how strong and sturdy they are, have their own service life expectancy. They can only take so many falls and so much exposure to the sun’s UV rays, rain, dirt, or moisture. They can also be seriously damaged when spilled with chemicals or oils. Inevitably, they weaken and become unsafe [...]
All adventure sports activities necessarily involve a certain element of danger, but it would be reckless not to take simple precautionary measures that could prevent injuries, lesions, cuts, or even death. The Stein D11C Height Safety Helmet Plasma SSES Hi-Viz is one of those gears that can contribute a lot to the avoidance of harm [...]
With its French cowhide leather main body, the Metolius Belay Gloves looks elegant enough to give the impression that it was intended for cold weather city wear. A closer examination, however, reveals that the split cowhide reinforcement at the palms is simply too durable for just opening car doors and gripping steering wheels. Unless, of [...]
Featuring the first sit harness with two floating bridges, the New Tribe Nikosi Arborist Saddle provides you with full freedom of movement. You can turn, twist, or extend your reach without getting hampered by the waist belt or leg loops. This is possible because Nikosi’s unique double floating bridge design allows the waist belt and [...]
Climbing trees, especially very tall trees, can be dangerous if you are not properly equipped with the necessary tools and accessories. The good news is that, unlike when you were a kid when you climbed trees with nothing but your bare hands and a prayer, you now have strong, sturdy, and scientifically tested equipment to [...]
Most trainers and coaches of outdoor adventure and sports activities now require the use of a helmet to protect your head from injuries. Often, helmets are designed to provide protection for a specific type of activity but are unsuitable for others, at least until the Kong Scarab Ultra-Lite Helmet came along. Named after the a [...]
Before color TVs, video games, and computers became a necessity in virtually every home, children played tag, cops and robbers, and hide and seek running all over the place. They jumped into rivers, ran up hills, and climbed trees. Today, electronic gadgets have captured the attention of the children in front of which they spend [...]
The material often referred to as carbon fiber is actually a composite of a plastic or polymer that is reinforced with carbon or graphite fiber. The plastic used is usually epoxy but it could also be polyester, nylon, or vinyl ester. In any case, the reinforcing carbon or graphite fiber gives the plastic enormous strength [...]
Crafted out of a type of certified aluminum alloy used for aircrafts, the Omega Pacific Modified D Screw-Lok Carabiner is deemed one of the strongest carabiners available in the market today. With its modified D shape, it is suited for all around use including rescue work, school and rope courses, and even in industrial settings, [...]
If your sports and adventures sometimes put you in situations where your life literally hangs on threads you will need to maintain a good grip on those threads. You definitely do not want your hold slipping. You may also need to keep a tight grasp on rough and even thorny barks of trees to get [...]