Thermos-sized survival beacon launches SOS balloon 150 feet overhead

Even with smartphones, RV-ready Starlink internet and personal rescue beacons, the wilderness can be a hostile, unstable place that leaves you incapacitated and stranded in an instant. It pays to have a backup plan and even a backup to the backup.Conti… Continue reading Thermos-sized survival beacon launches SOS balloon 150 feet overhead

High-tech 1-kilo tent built for four-season Himalayan ascents

Young French company Samaya defines an assault tent as a “tent intended for bivouacs in extreme environments, whose shape allows it to be set up on small mountain ledges or ridges” – much like the picture above. So it clearly didn’t build the new Assau… Continue reading High-tech 1-kilo tent built for four-season Himalayan ascents

Inflatable G7 Pod sleeping ledge lightens the load for mountain-climbers with no fear

Every ounce matters for climbers hauling gear up big walls, so essential items billed as the lightest in the world are always going to attract a bit of interest. That is very much the case with the G7 Pod wall ledge, which has breezed passed … Continue reading Inflatable G7 Pod sleeping ledge lightens the load for mountain-climbers with no fear