Beer and Gear, Ep. 5 | Black Diamond airNET Harness
Special Guest Kolin Powick, Climbing Category Director at Black Diamond, gives us the lowdown on the next-level airNET harness, designed with the help of Adam Ondra and Babsi Zangerl.
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Mammut Comfort Knit Fast Adjust Harness
MSRP: $160 In college, I took a knitting course. I had my priorities straight: in addition to requiring a minimal amount of work, I was the only guy in a class with 12 other … Continue reading "Mammut Comfort Knit Fast Adjust Harness" -
Black Diamond Solution Guide
MSRP: $99.95 BEST FOR: Anything, but especially multipitch trad “Kevlar” was the word that jumped to my mind the first time I handled Black Diamond’s new Solution Guide Harness—the outer fabric, dubbed … Continue reading "Black Diamond Solution Guide" -
Edelrid Jayne and Jay III Harness
MSRP: $59.95 BEST FOR: All-around use “You need a smaller harness,” my friend said on Saturday, as I reefed the Jayne III harness belt rightwards. “Nope. That’s what I thought at first, too.” In … Continue reading "Edelrid Jayne and Jay III Harness" -
Blue Ice Choucas Light
MSRP: $79.95 I was tempted to fall into the trap of cliché and write that the Choucas Light is “butt floss.” Although that would have been an apt visual, I won’t debase myself … Continue reading "Blue Ice Choucas Light" -
Misty Mountain Custom Harness
This review appeared in Rock and Ice issue 249 (April 2018). When I showed up to the Potrero down in Mexico and donned my new harness, I got some strange looks: What the hell was … Continue reading "Misty Mountain Custom Harness" -
Singing Rock Women’s Pearl
MSRP: $64.95 Hanging in a harness is rarely a joy, and after long days can even bruise. But the iridescent Pearl women’s harness, with its abundance of EVA foam padding, wide waistbelt and … Continue reading "Singing Rock Women’s Pearl" -
Edelrid Solaris
MSRP: $119.95 At first glance, the extra-wide Solaris looks like a corset. Then I put it on and forgot all about it. The women’s Solaris is an exceedingly comfortable all arounder focused on … Continue reading "Edelrid Solaris" -
Petzl Adjama
MSRP: $74.95 I’ve always believed in getting the right tool for the job, yet I’ve never had a specific multi-pitch climbing harness—a choice I have questioned while fighting to get gear off overloaded … Continue reading "Petzl Adjama" -
Black Diamond Zone
MSRP: $99.95 The Zone is Black Diamond’s lightest harness, if barely. At 11.3 ounces for a men’s medium, the Zone is .7 ounces lighter than Black Diamond’s older and still available Solution ($69.96), … Continue reading "Black Diamond Zone" -
Edelrid Ace
This article appeared in Rock and Ice issue 247 (January 2018). The weight-versus-comfort conundrum has boggled minds ever since we moved out of swami belts. Do you go ultralight and suffer numb legs, or do … Continue reading "Edelrid Ace" -
BD Technician Women’s
This article appeared in Rock and Ice issue 247 (January 2018). I have shoes for all occasions: desert cracks, granite cracks, limestone sport, gym climbing, multi-pitch trad, single-pitch trad, bouldering—the list goes on. I wouldn’t … Continue reading "BD Technician Women’s" -
Petzl Luna
This article appeared in Rock and Ice issue 247 (January 2018). My first harness was the Petzl Dionysis, which debuted in 1999. At a whopping 25 ounces, the Dionysis was the Cadillac of cushy sport … Continue reading "Petzl Luna"