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Six draws is a rack for most Portland sport climbers: enough for the bolt lines at Ozone, Broughton Bluff, or a full day in the Smith Rock Dihedral...

A compact screw gate you will not mind buying several of. Cypher's Firefly II Screw Gate is hot forged on a midsize asymmetric frame, light enough ...

A mixed-gate draw is the sport climber's default: a keylock straight gate up top that will not hang up on the hanger, and a wire gate on the rope e...

Alpine draws earn their place on long trad pitches and wandering gorge routes where rope drag builds fast. Cypher's Ceres II Ultralight Alpine Quic...

Ovals are the carabiner you reach for when a load needs to sit centered: aid ladders, hauling rigs, racking nuts, or a top-rope anchor at Ozone whe...

The cheapest way to make a sleeping bag warmer. A Reactor Midweight adds up to 11°F to your sleep system for about 12 ounces, which is a far better...

The warmest liner Sea to Summit makes, and the one worth carrying if you are pushing a three-season bag into shoulder season. Up to 14°F of added w...

Three quarters of an ounce of actual darkness. The contoured microfiber lining sits off your eyelids rather than pressing on them, and a nose baffl...

The Raincover Ultra is a featherweight pack cover made for Deuter's Aircontact Ultra series, so your sleeping bag and layers stay dry through a soa...

Pick this bag for the cold, clear nights that follow a Cascades storm: a 15°F down bag in NEMO's Classic Spoon shape, so side sleepers can draw the...

A 15°F down bag for the sleeper who wants to curl up on her side at 2am on a frosty night near Mt. Hood and not fight the bag to do it. NEMO's Clas...

Keep a GeoPress in service for another 250 litres. This is the replacement cartridge for the Grayl GeoPress purifier bottle, the same electroadsorp...

A hip pack that actually carries your water bottle. Grayl's Transport Hip Pack puts a GeoPress, a Nalgene or any bottle up to 32 oz in a non-slip B...

For the days when a bottle is all you want to carry. Grayl's Transport Bottle Sling cinches a GeoPress or any standard 32 oz bottle (up to 40 oz si...

The Velocity 3L is for the long, dry days, a full lap of Dog Mountain in August or a hut-to-hut push where the next refill is hours away, and it ca...

The Contour 2L is the reservoir to put in a daypack when you want water that stays put. A 3D moulded bottom and Shape-Loc baffles keep two litres f...

Three litres covers a full day on the Timberline Trail or a hot Gorge hike with no reliable refill, and the Contour 3L carries it without the sag a...

When grams matter, the Velocity 2L is Hydrapak's lightest way to carry two litres in a running vest or bike pack. The Slide-Seal top opens extra wi...

These are the tablets for the reservoir that smells like last August, the jerry can with a brown ring, and the cooler that sat in the garage all wi...

The Seeker 6L is the camp water supply for a small group: haul six litres from the creek or campground spigot once, hang it by the lash points, and...

Built for hip packs, the Contour Lumbar 1.5L lies wide and short instead of tall, so it fills the pocket of a lumbar pack and rides low on your bac...

Impact is a half-and-half mix of fine powder and nuggets, so you can crush a chunk for a thick base coat or dip for a quick dust-up mid-session. It...

A chalk bag built so you can zip it shut, toss it in a pack and not find chalk on everything later. The Vessel pairs a drawstring closure with a zi...

Gym session or a day at Carver, the Vessel is the chalk bucket that keeps everything else out of the chalk. A removable fleece-lined pouch holds th...

The Men's Helium UL Jacket is the shell you carry every day because you barely notice it until you need it. OR rebuilt the classic Helium around To...

The Women's Helium UL Jacket is the rain shell that lives in your pack until the clouds roll in, and in the Northwest that is most days. It is the ...

The stove you set up once and cook off of all weekend. Two burners at 14,000 BTU each, which is enough to hold a full pot of chili at a simmer on o...

Star Trek 2015-themed calendar featuring characters from the original series, designed for fans and collectors. The puzzle is square-shaped with 15...

Fifty dry soap leaves in a case the size of a deck of cards. Drop one or two in a wet palm, work up a lather, and the rest stay bone dry in the pac...

A camp plate designed around the fact that you are probably eating standing up, on a log, or balanced on your knees. A molded thumb grip on the rim...

A camp pillow that behaves like a pillow. No inflating, no slow leak overnight, no crinkle every time you move your head. The foam core is offcut f...

Twenty liters of pack that weighs two and a half ounces and stuffs into a pocket the size of a tennis ball. It lives in the bottom of a travel bag ...