I use this thing for mild to cold weather hikes, and sometimes a layering piece for skiing. It wicks moisture fairly well and doesn't smell too bad after. It doesn't do too well in the wind, but it is not really made to. It can also be a sweet climbing piece if the weather is just above freezing to mid 50's

Seriously, I have fitted it to be that comfortable. Now I haven't done any super long routes, but I have spent hours hanging with no complaints really. I am yet to use it in the snow, but the adjustable leg loops have already been a god send. It's worth the price, young or old I highly suggest one.

p.s. Racking gear on this thing is as easy as it gets.

It's a great stand by 'biner that is good for just about anything, I have been able to find a million and a half uses for these, but they are the best when loaded with gear. I even carry a few with my rock rings so I can adjust the length on the fly, sweet!

These draws are probably the best bang for your buck you can get out there. They are super light, affordable, easy to clip and rack. Some times the silver 'biner gets flipped around but it is no big deal if you are used to it and can properly avoid it. I use them for trad and sport and I have no complaints, I even get compliments from some old timers at how good they look!

I love these things. They are one of the most versatile pieces of footwear that I own. I have yet to take them on the river where they are most at home, but I have walked through many a creek and never had to worry about falling. These are also great as a casual sandal when let loose, and I even backpacked out 4 miles with about 2000 feet of elevation gain, and going down about 1000 feet, and only encountered some red spots because I had only owned them for a few days. Needless to say it would be very tough to be disappointed when purchasing these shoes, they are also bombproof!

I love placing a good nut in funky cracks. These are much more solid than the BD nuts it many situations, and apparently it is hard to place a bad one even when I would be terrified to take a fall on one, my second said it was bomber, and actually had to bust out the tool.

Extremely comfortable, especially when the foam gets broken down to the shape of your foot. I use them for just about everything and don't ever plan on buying any other sandals other than these again.

I'm pretty stoked on the BPA Free Nalgene. I have only put water in it, and the water has been great, I haven't noticed a plastic taste. It's durable, but not as durable as I would like, but at this price it wouldn't break my bank to pick up a few more.

Any one who likes to use lots of chalk and use tick marks needs to invest in one of these sets! I see way to many marks on the rock that could be easily cleaned up, but that is where these come in handy. It is a great brush set and does the job when it comes to cleaning up after others.

These shirts are great! As soon as I threw it on it felt like nothing was there and I was in love. So far it has taken the abuse of lots of bushwhacking and offwidth climbing. And the best part, if you are headed off on a hot backpacking trip, and would like to go super light, this shirt packs extremely small and will still smell fine after 3-4 days of heavy use!

So what if it is a little longer, it is a casual shirt! Although they do with stand the abuse that I can throw at them. Maybe I like them because they fit me better than most shirts, or because I get to sport the best dealer out there, I don't know but I could wear these 8 days a week!

It's nice and light, and small! I have never used any inflatable pads for some reason, I guess I was just brought up on closed cell foam. But I didn't think that closed cell could be this comfortable. It is a little on the thin side for taking out in the winter, and if you like bushwhacking it will take quite a beating.

I have had no problems with it yet, the suspension system is very easy to fine tune how you like your pack to sit, and it adjusts great on the fly. Very easy to walk all day with it loaded to its max. I would even take it for up to a week, maybe even more.

So far I have only done a few day hikes with these, and a lot of walking around town and boulder approaches, and I couldn't be happier. They are very solid and the vibram soles grip the rock like there life is depending on it. I would advise to waterproof them though as I did get mine soaked during a rain storm.

So far I love these cams, super solid feel to them, they place nice, and even on sketchy placements these seem to put me at ease. I would recommend adding these to any trad rack.

I'm sure these would rip as an alpine ski, and I would love to give them a shot. But I actually took these out and learned how to tele on them. Honestly I had a blast, but I can't compare them to other skis as I have never tele'd before. But what I did notice is that these things seemed to be really stable after I got the hang of it. They definitely wanted to go much faster then I could, so if you have been tele skiing for a while and like to charge, I would say these are for you.

To start, I'm 6'2" and 180. So getting that out of the way, I think much smaller guys could rip these just as hard as I did. They were very light for how stiff they were and how well they skied. Unfortunately I was only able to ski them in icy crud, which they killed it in. I can only imagine how they react in the soft stuff. The stability of these at high speeds really allowed me to straight line even the sketchiest chutes with great confidence. I highly recommend these skis to any one looking for a high performance, stiff, charging, one ski quiver go anywhere big mountain ski.