Gear Reviews, Adventures, and a Middle-Aged Return to the Mountains
It’s not often a purchase of climbing equipment turns into a Berkshire Hathaway level investment, but if you picked up one of these a few years ago, you were very fortunate.
Let’s delve into what makes this unique piece of climbing gear so rare, and so expensive.
Outdoor gear companies are always innovating and marketers always want to sell things. Sometimes, older discontinued gear simply does the job. These four items discontinued by their makers still deliver after years of use. I’ll tell you why they remain my favorites and why great discontinued gear–used or new–just makes sense in 2024 and beyond.