Products tagged with 'big wall climbing'

Everything you [n]ever wanted to know about big wall and aid climbing – from light and fast speed ascents to full-on vertical camping – along with the most up-to-date tips, tricks and techniques to teach you the Better Way to climb big walls.

The Yates Copper Double Head is intended for use in vertical cracks. They are more difficult to bash into a seam, but provide greater holding power than aluminium heads, therefor tend to be used in shallower and more tenuous placements. This double version is ideal for smears that are long and narrow.

The Black Diamond Zodiac Gear Sling is essential for carrying a large aid rack. The Zodiac is low profile, allowing you to still wear a water bladder rucksack, but still padded enough to take 5kg of gear in comfort.

The Black Diamond Stone Gloves are a soft goat leather glove for aid climbing, belaying and light via ferrata. The palm is reinforced and the knuckles are stitched with kevlar.

The Black Diamond Capitan Helmet has been built to withstand the abuse that only big walls can dish out. This ultra-durable helmet has added coverage on both sides and back whilst still maintaining a sleek fit for all-day comfort. Designed for big walls and long days climbing, the Capitan also has an integrated headlamp clip, so you secure your light and push on through the night.

The Black Diamond Bugaboo Pitons are the bigger and stronger brother to the knife blades, for when the cracks get fractionally bigger.

The Black Diamond Angle Pitons are made to fit larger cracks, pockets and pods. Their design, coupled with the springiness of the steel used gives these pitons inherently high holding power.

The Metolius 5 Step Aider is made from 25mm flat nylon webbing that is reinforced with Biothane (the stuff good haul bags are made from) to stiffen the steps, ensuring they always stay open for easy foot placement. The Aider has a classic, staggered, triangular step construction with useful sub-steps in the 2 top steps. This 5 Step Aider is tough, durable and functional with a reinforced clip-in point, full-strength grab loop and a dedicated clip-in point at the bottom for enchaining aiders without collapsing the bottom step.