Mountaineering

The wilderness can instantly leave you stranded and in desperate need of rescue. Airmarker debuts a new survival beacon that can triumph where others fail, sending up a visual indicator of the victim's exact location, without battery or connectivity.

Samaya defines an assault tent as a "tent intended for bivouacs in extreme environments." It pulled out all the stops to make its new Assaut 2 Ultra that very tent, an extreme-conditions freestanding Dyneema tent that leaves behind every extra gram.

​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 offers a very lightweight alternative to the hefty portaledges.

For many adventurers, scaling Mount Everest is an endurance test like no other. For the Sherpas, it’s all in a day’s work. After all, they routinely set the record for the fastest and most ascents. So how do they do it? According to a new study, the answer could literally be in their blood.​

A rock climbing bivy is a cot that a mountain climber fastens to a cliff face, where they proceed to spend the night. Although you might not want to push things quite that far, you can now get the same sort of thrill by staying in a Skylodge Adventure Suite.

For those who want to get away from the digital and have the money to do so, Breva Genève launched its Génie 02 Terre all-mechanical altimeter watch this week at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Cébé Trilogy is a three-in-one helmet for mountain biking, mountaineering and skiing.

X-Bionic Mountaineering Pants include a multitude of innovative features for keeping you more comfortable and spry on the mountain.

Water-resistant down is one of the most anticipated materials of outdoor and winter sports, and it's now coming to sleeping bags from several manufacturers.

The new Mojo UFO tent from Sierra Designs breaks the bank with high-tech, ultra-lightweight design.

Sierra Designs and Brooks Range have launched water-repellant down jackets.

A new dawn is breaking in the evolution of outdoor apparel technology.