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How to Buy Nuts and Stoppers for Climbing

SuperTopo.com Gear Reviews looks at how to decide what climbing nuts and stoppers to buy for aid climbing and general rock climbing.

Sea kayak and Ice Climbing

Sea kayaking around Isafjordur, followed by the first ice climbing ascent of one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Iceland, Dynjandi.

Guillaumet Solo

Helmet-cam footage from a solo ascent of Aguja Guillaumet, Argentine Patagonia, via the Amy Route. The climb took approximately 2 hours from bergshrund to summit, but the descent much longer, due to an unplanned rescue of a stranded climber.

Ice climbing in the Ghost Wilderness

Ice climbing in the Ghost Wilderness Area of the Canadian Rockies. The use of a fisheye helmet cam gives an amazing feeling of exposure on the steep pitches. Watch out for the runout climbing above a distant screw.

Blue Riband

A really good video of this rarely in condition route. Blue Riband is graded Scottish V,5 and situated on the south flank of the Aonach Eagach Ridge in Glencoe. A bonus of the route is that you get to traverse half of the Aonach Eagach on the descent. The route looks to be in fairly lean condition.

Petzl Tikka XP2 Head Torch Review

A review of the Petzl Tikka XP2 Head Torch. Talks through the technical features of the head torch which is useful in gaining an understanding of battery life in the various modes.

The Peuterey Integral

Once considered to be the ultimate alpine route the Peuterey Integral is still massive tick for any alpinist. The climbing is extremely varied and includes technical rock pitches on the South Ridge of the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey followed by free hanging abseils down the North Ridge

Lets Climb Some Ice

The joys of ice climbing. Not much in the way of climbing footage but there are short interviews where participants describe how they got interested ice climbing and why they like it. The highlight of the video is a trip to A&E.

Kalymnos - Multiple Reasons to Visit

The amazing sport climbing on the Greek island of Kalymnos.

Equilibrium E10 - James Pearson's Ascent

An early ascent of this very hard and dangerous grit route