These biners work great for top-roping, carrying gear, and all kinds of other miscellaneous needs. I always carry a spare on my harness for the odd occasion.

This stuff works just as well as chalk at restoring grip to sweaty hands on a pumpy climb. The label warns that this environmentally friendly chalk substitute might dry your hands out because of the strong drying agent which is used, but I haven't had any problems with dried out digits. With this stuff you can climb and save the environment - what more could you ask for?

This is an excellent harness! Adjustments are quick, and ideal for those who share harnesses often among friends. Very comfortable and the wired gear loops are a definite advantage.

These draws are a bit on the heavy side, but not enough to dissuade me from recommending them. For the price, definitely a good buy.

This locking biner works just the way you think it should. Works great for a variety of purposes when you need to be locked in. The screwgate is smooth and easy to work.

these quickdraws are great! much lighter compared to my other ones. bent gate makes easy clip in

The Metolius Belay Gloves are great for rapelling. They haven't caused the blisters that some other gloves that I have used.

Liked the first one so much that i bought a second.

Nice caribiner, the color rubs off pretty fast, but it does it's job.

This shirt is very light weight and great for hiking!

This shirt is very comfortable and is great for hiking.

Comfy and stylish. I wore them hiking and they were able to endure water, dirt, sand and rock and still look great.

Light weight material and stylish. It helped to stay cool on hot hikes. I would recommend this product.

It doesn't have enough support or coverage for women that are well endowed. My daughter had to return it.

Just used these on a repelling trip. They did an awesome job of protecting my hands. This is the first time that I've come out of a canyon without my hands trashed.

My daughter uses these for rock climbing and thinks that they are awesome.

Used these for a canyoneering trip. They fingers aren't long enough to protect your fingers while repelling. They are better than no gloves, but I came away with several rope burns. I'm buying full finger gloves for my next trip.

Very comfortable and fits great! good for lead climbing.

I bought this for my daughter and it is awesome. It keeps all of her snowboarding gear altogether so it doesn't get lost or forgotten.

I gave this to my nephew for Christmas and he used it in a week long avalanche training course. He said that it worked great.

I used this in a week long avalanche training course. It was used a lot and it dug through some very icy thick snow. I would highly recommend it.

These shoes grip great on the slickrock sandstone in Southern Utah, but after a couple of hours my feet started to hurt. I put different insoles in them and they are much more comfortable, but I still can't wear them for long periods of time.

This is a great shirt for hiking in heat. It wicks the moisture away and is very comfortable.

This shirt runs small. I bought 4 shirts the same size from 3 different brands at the same time. Both of the TNF shirts were to small. The Mountain Hardware and Patagonia ran true to size and fit great.
My daughter swiped this shirt before I could get it sent back and she loves it for hiking.

I bought these at the same time that I bought the bridgedale cool max liners. The TNF don't come close to being as good as the bridgedale. I returned them.

BUY MERRELL AT YOU OWN RISK!!!!
Because I am an employee at backcountry we are not allowed to return an item unless it has never been used. We have to call the company and get our own RMA. The Merrell Cust Service rep told me that if the product is bought at a discount for any reason, Merrell will not take them back whether they are defective or not. We had also had a pair of Salomon water shoes break on the same 50 mile hike. Salomon replaced the shoes with no problem.
I will never buy Merrell again.

I wore this shirt on a 50 mile 4 day backpacking trip in southern Utah. It was so much cooler and more comfortable than the other shirt I brought, I would wash it out in the river let it dry overnight and wear it the next day.

Bought these for myself and daughters to wear under neoprene socks. We loved how lightweight and comfortable they were.

My daughter used these on a 50 mile hike and loved them. She has short legs and they were a perfect length for her.

Used these on a 50 mile backpacking trip in Southern Utah. The 1st day was going to be in a dry canyon so some of us didn't wear the socks, we all got blisters. Those who wore the socks on the first day in the dry canyon did't get any blisters. The next 3 days they worked great for going in and out of the river.

We did a 50 mile trek down the Paria river canyon after the 3rd day two straps on the right shoe ripped. One at the top and one mid level. I punched a hole through the shoe with my knife where a normal eyelet would be and finished the hike. The shoe is very comfortable and breaking time was less than one week. Shoe would be better with eyelets rather than straps for the laces.

These poles are light weight, easy to use and very sturdy. Glad I bought them.

The light weight is great for backpacking. They don't bend after being pounded with a rock. After the trip they showed little wear.

This shirt was very comfortable on our desert backpacking trip. Wears great around town as well. I plan to buy another one for that purpose.

Light weight, easy to use. Three weeks after our backpacking trip down 2 slot canyons and no giardia. Filtered out the sand and bugs with a coffee filter and used the tablets as directed.There was no nasty after taste to the water.

Not like mom used to make. But, hey, Mom wasn't on the trip. I would buy it again.

Very tasty and filling. Great for replenishing electrolytes on long desert hikes like the one we just finished. And bonus, no dishes to do.

The light beam is wide and bright enough for walking over uneven terrain. It fit well and lasted all night on our overnight hike.

Used this lamp on our overnight hike across uneven terain. The reguar and bright setting are usefull for individual preferance. It is light and fits well.

wore this shirt on our 50 mile trip down the Paria river to Lee's Ferry. kept it's cool and comfort in the 105 deg. weather. It didn't bunch up under the backpack. I plan on buying another one.

The compact size and light weight we're excellent for someone who is getting on in years and trying to reduce the backpack load. It took a lot of effort to inflate. A younger person might do it easier. Comfortable sleeping, good hip support. No bottoming out when sleeping on my side.

My daughter used these to hike slot canyons and loves them.

My kids and I love this one. Filling and very tasty. Easy to prepare and folds down small to carry out.

Just used the two Lafuma Warm'n Light 35 deg bags for the first time. Easy zip together. My wife and I loved them. Very comfortable. As we get older we're trying to down size and lighten up the packs. Ditto to what None (1) says above

Easy use. After about the third pool I rappelled into screw lock... a little stiff but still functioned like it was supposed to.

Easy on and off. Comfortable and secure feel when in use. Flexable enough when taking giant steps up or down boulders.

Used this harness on my first canyoneering trip. It was easy to get into and adjust. Felt very secure and comfortable throughout the canyon. It was flexible enough to navigate through a boulder field with huge step-ups.

Comfortable shoe. Very little break in time. Surpisingly very little sand got into and stayed in the shoe. Easy clean up with the hose at home.

Used these for a trip to Europe. It is awesome for keeping everything organized and helped keep things from getting wrinkled.

The traction is great on sandstone, but my feet hurt after wearing for a couple of hours.

I had to return this shirt because it ran way small in comparison to other shirts.