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Equipment Top Tips
The following links have been collated to provide the serious connoisseur of mountaineering equipment with increased knowledge so as to analyse the various pro's and acceptable weaknesses of said products... In other words gear geek fodder is only a click away !!


	Care and maintenance of the best waterproofs on the market.... Paramo of course !

	Black Diamonds reports on gear testing to destruction. For example how strong are old nylon slings? When should I retire my rope? Connecting two slings together?

	Mammut pdf guide to quite literally everything reguarding ropes! What types of rope are available - it's here. Rope life - it's here. Standard test requirements - it's here.

	Ice anchors being tested to destruction - this time by Petzl.

	A very, very comprehensive manual on crampon and ice axe techniques and adopted as the official text for the Italian Alpine Guide diploma course.

	Climbing shoes and the details of - all from Mammut.

	Therm-a-rest care and repair and general maintenance of these great pieces of kit.

	Mammut climbing harness guide pdf - full of detail and thoughts that will keep even the ardent climbing anorak interested.