- Batons d’Skibum: DIY Baton Poles for Ski Touring
November 9, 2025 The rather polarizing french baton style ski poles have taken ski touring industry by… Read more: Batons d’Skibum: DIY Baton Poles for Ski Touring - Essential Free Mapping Tools for Ski and Climbing Trips
August 7, 2025 It seems every business seems to want at least a few bucks a month… Read more: Essential Free Mapping Tools for Ski and Climbing Trips - The Flat Tarp: A Very Verstatile Alpine Shelter
A simple flat tarp is an amazingly versatile shelter above and below the treeline. A decent silnylon… Read more: The Flat Tarp: A Very Verstatile Alpine Shelter - Ski Patroller/Avalanche Technician Gear Loadout
Items included are from my pack/pockets. From top left: For context I work in a very wet/coastal… Read more: Ski Patroller/Avalanche Technician Gear Loadout - Revive Your Climbing Skins: Glue Ironing
January 10, 2024 Climbing skins are some of the most fickle pieces in a ski touring kit.… Read more: Revive Your Climbing Skins: Glue Ironing - Friction Hitches For Self Rescue
Almost all climbers and mountaineers carry a prusik cord with them in the mountains primarily as a… Read more: Friction Hitches For Self Rescue - DIY Wrist Warmers
June 2, 2024 Cold hands are often a challenge in the alpine. One solution to get more… Read more: DIY Wrist Warmers - Approach Shoes with Crampons
May 29, 2024 How to use approach shoes beyond their intended design and get traditional mountaineers to… Read more: Approach Shoes with Crampons - A Better Progress Capture Hitch
April 8, 2024 Progress capture hitches seem to be a bit of a lost skill with modern… Read more: A Better Progress Capture Hitch - Party Mode Approach Shoes
April 7, 2024 Quick tip for increasing approach shoe climbing ability: Add a second set of laces… Read more: Party Mode Approach Shoes
Disclaimer: As with any information you get off an internet stranger, take all my techniques with a pinch of salt. This is simply intended to be a list of tips that work well for me that I haven’t seen written or discussed in many places. If you disagree with anything here, please reach out, I’m more than open to modifying and improving anything I have written here.
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