BEAL

www.beal-planet.com

Beal is a small family enterprise situated in Vienne, France. Despite its modest size, Beal qualifies as the world’s premier manufacturer of climbing and security ropes. This leading position is explained by indisputable technical advances in the production process, and sale of the 8 million meters of rope annually.

Beal has been at the heart of the changes in the practice of climbing since the 80’s. Starting with Yannick Seigneur, then accelerating with Patrick Edlinger, the story of BEAL ropes has been marked by passion and research. Beal team members Patrick Edlinger, Lynn Hill, Yuji Hirayama and Fred Rouhling are fully integrated into its work. Beal listens to their suggestions and their test reports, as well as their emotions and enthusiasms, to be imbued with the evolution of the activity. It’s that which lets Beal anticipate changes and to be tuned to the needs of climbers.

ISO 9001 certified to guarantee production quality the BEAL LAB is thus a meeting of the practical and the theory. It’s a very light and reactive structure in which the wish to improve the security and comfort of climbers and mountaineers reigns without ceasing.

CYPHER

To every problem a solution exists. Cypher carabiners and quickdraws are the key to success on any climb. Only the highest quality materials and workmanship are incorporated into Cypher products.

EDELWEISS

Over the last 220 years, Edelweiss has established a rock-solid reputation as the premier manufacturer of climbing ropes. Edelweiss has earned this reputation by continuous innovation of every step of the manufacturing and design process to produce the most specialized and safest ropes. The combination of innovation, technology and performance characteristics have made Edelweiss the most respected name in climbing ropes today.

EQUINOX

At Equinox, we are committed to designing and manufacturing sewn goods that work great, and are a pleasure to use; in an atmosphere that promotes dignity for all staff, with respect to the environment.

Equinox Ltd. Design and Manufacturing resides in an old pajama factory in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, home of the Little League World Series and one-time lumber capital; nestled on the banks of the Susquehanna River, at the foot of the Allegheny Plateau. In this huge reborn building with large windows and thick maple floors we have been designing and building high quality outdoor gear and custom products for over 2O years.

Our combination of time-honored techniques and innovative technology provides products that stand the test of time. This approach gives you the best of both worlds, handcrafted quality with precision and attention to detail, made in the USA, it just feels right.

Recently we have added to our selection of reusable bags for the growing numbers of people who are concerned about our planet. We support this critical movement and are pleased to offer a wide range of reusable bags and a growing collection of organic cotton goods. Some of the most toxic pesticides are routinely used for growing and processing cotton. We strive to manufacture more of our canvas products from certified organic cotton.

All of our minimal packaging is produced locally using 100% recycled papers and 100% soy-based inks.

We strive to maintain a human-friendly, earth-friendly environment, manufacturing domestically, with a lower carbon footprint.

GRIVEL

Grivel S.r.l. has produced alpinism equipment since 1818. Headquartered in Courmayeur, at the foot of the highest mountain in the Alps, Mont Blanc, Grivel is considered to be one of the world’s best brand names in mountaineering equipment. It is the world leader in the production of crampons and among the leaders of ice axe producers too.

Grivel is happy and proud to help the planet through the use of SOLAR ENERGY. Grivel will produce the energy consumption of 165 families. Every year Grivel will save 1000 barrels of oil. Each day Grivel will save the planets’ air of 1,500 lbs. of CO2, equivalent of a car travelling 3,000 miles. During their 25-year lifecycle, they will produce around 10,250 KWh, which would cover the needs of one family for 3,600 years. The roof of the Grivel factory is around 75,300 square feet, and the solar panels will cover a surface equivalent of a football field.

Why has Grivel chosen solar energy?

• To avoid burning non-renewable energy sources
• To help save the environment
• To leave our children a better world
• To avoid the use of open space in Aosta Valley
• To lower the cost of energy and remain competitive in the global markets
• To show the way to those who are doubtful
• To present on the global markets products which respect the environment
• Because respecting the environment should be logical for outdoor industry players
• Because it shows how our "Made in Italy" is true and real
• Check out Grivel solar farm video: www.libertymountain.com/grivel

KONG

Known for innovations such as their patented key-Lock system, Kong created the first "no snag" carabiner on the market. Kong has the largest carabiner selection in the world, all built to exacting quality, tested and certified to CE and UIAA standards. Innovation continues with the popular Ergo carabiner, built with I-beam technology, the Key-Lock system, and the Ghost multi-belay device.

OLICAMP

Compact and light. These two words are the secret ingredients behinds Olicamp's solid line of backpacking stoves and cookware. The genius behind their design is self-containment; no space is waisted when the pots also play as storage cases.

OUTDOOR DESIGNS

“There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad equipment.” At outdoordesigns we have been designing and making performance products since 1992 and we know a thing or two about technical accessories. We test our products to the extreme (and back again!) ensuring that you have total peace of mind when it comes to choosing your gear and are 100% certain that it won’t let you down.

PEREGRINE

Keeping everyone warm and dry while in the outdoors. Peregrine specializes in tents and sleeping bags that deliver performance and comfort. Relatively new to the industry, Peregrine is in the midst of much R&D to provide cutting-edge products to the market.

PIEPS

“In an emergency only one thingcounts: unconditional, hands-on reliability! To live up to this challenge, PIEPS collaborates with mountain guides, mountain rescue teams, ski instructors and scientists during product development. When it comes to manufacturing and developing mountaineering equipment, their professional know-how as well as 30 years of experience in the development and manufacture of avalanche search beacons ensures the quality of our PREMIUM ALPINE PERFORMANCE products. Since 1972 PIEPS has led the development and manufacturing of avalanche beacons. The classical analog devices were developed through the years to the state of the art. More recently, the availability of digital components enabled PIEPS to change from the analog technology to the DSP technology. The launch of the PIEPS DSP in 2003 was the breakthrough on the international market, and now leads again with the Vector, the worlds first GPS based beacon.

SINGING ROCK

Located in the heart of the Czech Republic, surrounded by towering sandstone pillars that only the very brave and tenacious locals dare to climb in the traditional Czech style, Singing Rock began. It is there in the unique Bohemian Paradise where Singing Rock products are designed, tested and manufactured in a world-class facility. Designed and built by climbers who are passionate about design and safety. Singing Rock continually refines it’s harnesses and other climbing equipment to build the best gear possible. Focus has been placed on comfort and safety. Other features include colorized belay loops, reinforced tie in points and ergonomic 3D padding combined to make the best and most innovative harnesses in the world.

STRAM

Stram - one of the leading makers of folding beds in Europe.
We have acquired a unique competence in making folding beds through our many years of experience. Continual development of our production and our machinery means that we can make beds at a fast pace without compromising on quality. We combine automatic robot-steered production with traditional metalwork, all in the same plant. This means that we can quickly change volume and design to meet our customers needs.

Straight forward!
Welcome to Stram, a company where a flexible organisation and a keen ear to our customers needs are a matter of course.

STUBAI

For over 100 years, Stubai has continuously developed mountaineering products and technologies. Stubai craftsmen design, engineer and manufacture in the heart of the Tyrolean Alps in Austria. Known for building the highest quality steel and aluminum products possible, one of their crowning achievements is the world-renowned Ultralight crampon. The Ultralight crampon is forged using proprietary methods creating the strongest, lightest, most durable aluminum crampon in the world.

TRANGIA

“The stove for everybody”
The Trangia stove is available in different materials and sizes, with many combination options, features and accessories.
The Trangia stove is today used by outdoor people all over the world. For half a century, the Trangia stove has been the natural choice for storm-proof stoves. Our approach to quality has put its stamp on manufacturing throughout the process, from the choice of materials to function.

We have the accumulated skills and experience over 80 years and our proximity to the mountain environment and practical testing, combined with modern technology, design and constant development, means we can offer a complete, reliable, quality stove.

The Trangia Original is and remains the original: a light, fast and, above all, reliable stove for the outdoors. In all weathers.

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VALANDRE

Valandre is renowned by world class alpinists everywhere for making sleeping bags and outerwear that can withstand the harshest environments on the planet. The workmanship, quality and performance of Valandre products is unparalleled.

VAUDE

As a modern family-run company and Europe’s environmentally friendly outdoor supplier, VAUDE takes its social and environmental responsibility very seriously. We breathe life into this maxim in all three of our business segments: Mountain Sports, Bike Sports and Packs ‘n Bags.

We have been working with the strict environmental bluesign® standard since 2001, which controls the entire textile manufacturing chain. We were also the first Outdoor company to receive EMAS certification. We will also continue to improve our environmental performance in the future and have set ourselves the goal of gradually transforming the entire product palette so that it is manufactured according to the highest standards of environmental compatibility. We are working to make (y)our world a better place.

The brand VAUDE
VAUDE stands for respect in all its interaction with others and the nature around us. We have set our sight on becoming Europe’s most environmentally friendly outdoor brand, so that sportsmen and women of today, and those to come can enjoy nature to the fullest. We are pioneers in this way, challenging convention and pushing the limits of the possible.

VAUDE’s roots are in mountain sports. The passion we experience on the ascent and the peace we find at the top are what drive us. Without the mountains, VAUDE wouldn’t be what it is today. It is our foundation, our brand symbol, and it stands for the high expectations we place on ourselves as a company and on our products.

Lynn Hill

Lynn Hill is not just a climber, she is a world-renowned icon of the sport. Her list of achievements and first ascents remain at the pinnacle of climbing achievements. She is most known for her phenomenal accomplishment of being the first person ever to free-climb The Nose on El Cap in Yosemite, CA, a feat that has seen only a few repeats.

Lynn was born in southern California in 1961. Starting out as a tag-a-long, she started climbing at age 14 in Joshua Tree National Park with her sister and sister’s fiancé. Lynn’s sister didn’t like climbing that much and practically forced Lynn, a beginner climber at that time, to lead every route they decided to climb.

It wasn’t long until Lynn started to make a name for herself. Only four years into her climbing career, age 18, she became the first woman to establish a 5.12+/5.13 by climbing her way to the top of Ophir Broke in Colorado. Then in 1990, she raised the bar again by being the first woman to climb Masse Critique 5.14a in France.

Lynn continues to climb hard and is regularly seen on 5.13s. She also plays a huge role as an advocate for the climbing industry while raising her child that shares the same passion for adventure and the outdoors.

Accomplishments:
• First Woman to on-sight 8a/5.13b, Simon, Frankenjura, Germany, 1992.
• First woman to climb Masse Critique 5.14a in Cimai, France, 1990.
• First woman to climb the legendary Midnight Lightning V8 in Yosemite, California, 1998.
• Made the first free ascent of The Nose VI 5.14a on El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California in 1993. A feat that went unrepeated until 4 years later.
• Made the first free ascent in a day of The Nose VI 5.14a on El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California in 1994.
• Made the first ascent of Bravo Les Filles 5.13d/A0, 13-pitches on the Tsaranoro Massif in Madagascar, 1999.
• World Cup Champion, 1990.
• Five-time winner of the prestigious “Rock Master Invitational” in Arco, Italy, 1987-90 and 1992.
• Three-time winner of the Bercy Masters in Paris, France, 1987-90.

“For over 20 years I have used and loved Beal ropes. From the way they handle to the texture and weave of the external sheath to their low-impact stretch during a fall. Beal ropes have saved my life many times over the last 22 years and I expect them to do nothing less in the future.” -Lynn Hill

Kyle Dempster

Kyle Dempster is a rough and tough lad that was raised in Salt Lake City, UT. He comes from a family of outdoor and physically minded parents and siblings. Dempster started climbing rocks when he was 12 years old, after his cousin recruited him as his belay-slave at Pete’s Rock in the Wasatch Range.

Since then Dempster has taken the sport of climbing like a storm with many hard first ascents on alpine routes in Asia and other parts of the world. Although his heart and focus is set on alpine ascents and throwing an axe at ice, he is no stranger to the other disciplines of climbing. His pursuits have led him to be presented with many grants and awards, including a Piolet d’Or.

Climbing is his life, but if he isn’t on the other side of the world clinging onto some technical mountain face, he is most likely tending to his coffee shop business in Salt Lake City.

Kyle Dempster has many tales to tell with all the adventures that he has and will be on. Not only is he a great climber but he is also a talented writer. Follow his adventures on his climbing blog Though My Eyes.

Accomplishments:
• Nominated for the Piolet d’Or in 2011 for his first ascent of China’s east-face of Mt Edgar
• Awarded the Piolet d’Or in 2010 for his first ascent of The Great White Jade Heist on China’s north-face of the Xuelian West (Tian Shan)
• Awarded the The Robert Hicks Bates Award in 2012, by the American Alpine Club, for his mastery in the alpine environment and his notable ascents around the world
• Made the first ascent of Hassan Peak in Pakistan's Charakusa Valley
• Made the first ascent of the central couloir on the west face of China’s Mount Grosvenor
• 24-day solo climb on Pakastan’s Tahu Rutum

Cheyne Lempe

Cheyne Lempe is one of those hybrid climber-videographer fellows. Most of the time he has a harness on his waist and a camera in his pack to go climb the world. Other times he’s uploading a fresh new video to Vimeo while concocting a new climbing adventure in his head.

Cheyne likes the big walls. Patagonia and Yosemite are his playgrounds. Although he has only been climbing since 2008, Cheyne has really gotten after it by putting a proud collection of ascents under his belt. Cheyne is also working on giving back to the climbing community by being a part of the Yosemite Search and Rescue team and interning with the Yosemite climbing rangers.

Video production is a passion for Cheyne and he does it well. At times his desire to both climb and document his experiences gets all tangled and he can’t choose one over the other. However, he does a great job with his video work and has marveled the masses with his talent for capturing the moment.

Cheyne grew up in the suburbs of Aurora, CO where he was introduced to climbing in his high school’s adventure education class. While jamming out to hip-hop, he likes to dedicate a bit of time to cook himself a delectable meal. Even though he eats the nasty climbers’ grub on the wall, you know that in the kitchen he has finer tastes and a talent to dine like a king.

Accomplishments:
• Established the longest route in Patagonia, The North Pillar Sit Start, 2000m
• Youngest person to solo in a day (19:07 hours) The Nose in Yosemite Valley
• Made the first ascent of Manos Al Cielo, 500m on Patagonia’s Aguja Giullamet
• Soloed Lurking Fear on El Captain in Yosemite in 19:28 hours

Pamela Shanti Pack

Pamela Shanti Pack isn’t just a climber; she is an offwidth junkie. It didn’t take her long, after developing compartment syndrome, to switch gears from crimping on edges and pockets to stacking her hands and feet in some of the most awkward offwidth cracks known to man.

“As the fourth surgeon told me that I would never climb again, I had a vision of Craig Leubben on the infamous offwidth roof Lucille in Vedauwoo, Wyoming. Craig was definitely not crimping. In the following years, I replaced crimps with fist stacks, arm-bars, knee-bars, inverts and pivots as offwidths became my greatest passion.”

Pack isn’t always cramming her thigh into a wide crack, you can also find her around the Bering Sea doing things that a cartographer does. Yale University is the place where she skipped away with an Art and Architecture degree and is now creating 3D maps of the ocean floor.

Her pocket full of first ascents is bursting at the seams with countless inverted offwidth cracks that dapple in the 5.11 to 5.13 range, including her first ascent of The Forever War, 5.13b/c R. In 2009, Climbing Magazine awarded Pack the Golden Piton Award for establishing the offwidth roof Gabriel, a 5.13 in Zion National Park.

Pamela Shanti Pack is exploring new lines and cleaning the cobwebs off of old ones. She may climb upside-down at time, but she always climbs safe. That’s why she climbs on Edelweiss ropes.

“As an offwidth climber I put my ropes to the ultimate test in abrasion resistance and cutting properties from multi-pitch sandstone squeeze chimneys to the course granite crystals of Vedauwoo, WY. I have taken multiple falls across sharp granite edges using the Laser 9.6 without even slightly fraying the sheath. The Onsight 9.9 is my first choice for offwidth desert towers– it’s not only highly abrasion resistant but also is lightweight and has a soft catch. In my experience Edelweiss ropes are incomparable in handling qualities, durability and safety.”

Accomplishments:
• Established The Forever War, 5.13c/d R in Vedauwoo, WY
• Made the first ascent of Spatial Relations, 5.13a in Vedauwoo, WY
• Made the first ascent of On A Wing and A Prayer, 5.12c in Vedauwoo, WY
• Made the first female ascent (onsite) of Lucille, 5.12d in Vedauwoo, WY
• Awarded Climbing Magazine’s Golden Piton Award for establishing Gabriel, a 5.13 offwidth in Zion National Park

Hayden Kennedy

Hayden Kennedy has done it all. From boulders, to bolts, to gear he likes it all. In fact, Kennedy spent his childhood exploring the mountainwest. As a young lad he found a nice balance between climbing, hiking, skiing, and kayaking. It wasn’t until he was 13 when his preference for outdoor sports got very lopsided...meaning that it went super-heavy on the climbing side.

Kennedy became obsessed with climbing after he and his father, Michael Kennedy, took a lap up Castleton Tower. He was sketched out and was placing gnarly gear at the time, but the adventure sold him on the sport that he is now making it his full-time gig.

It’s an honest assumption to say that every climber has heard of Kayden Kennedy. He’s been ticking off a lot of routes and big ascents in the last couple of years and has been appearing is some pretty sweet climbing videos lately. Although he boulders and sport climbs, it is apparent that most of his time is spent plugging gear, sleeping on a port-a-ledge, and being in the mountains for months at a time.

Kennedy’s basecamp is stationed in the quaint mountain town of Carbondale, CO where his backyard playground is made of granite and limestone. It isn’t a rare thing to see him in Indian Creek, UT where he has raised the bar with the first ascent of the hardest climb there.

Accomplishments:
• Made the first ascent of Carbondale Short Bus, 5.14- in Indian Creek, UT
• Made the first fair-means ascent of the Southeast Ridge of Cerro Torre
• Made the first ascent of Pakistan’s Hassan Peak
• Made the first ascent of Deep in the Alaskan Bush, 5.11+ X in Alaska’s Arrigetch Peaks

Joe Mills

Joe Mills grew up in Dallas, Texas when rock climbing wasn’t even a part of his vocabulary. However, after moving to Colorado during his last year in high school he received an offer from a friend to learn the ropes of climbing. He took to it quickly with a new psych that made him excel quickly. Now Joe is flying up some of the hardest trad routes in Colorado and Utah.

One year after learning to climb, Joe had the experience of topping out on El Cap. He climbed the Nose 100% on aid, not a single free move on the entire route. Joe says, “That was my first ascent ever of that style and will probably be the last…for good reason.”

Joe works with the U.S. Geologic Survey and is head deep in his PhD research at U of CO. He also likes to spend his free-time brewing his own ale with his girlfriend.

Accomplishments:
• Received honorable mention from Climbing Magazine during the 2012 Golden Piton Awards for his second free ascent of Hallucinogen Wall, 5.13+ R (16 pitches) in the Black Canyon of Gunnison, CO
• Made the first ascent of Black Mama, 5.13 (3 pitches) near Gateway, CO
• Made the 2nd all-gear ascent of China Doll, 5.14- R in Dream Canyon, CO

Clay Cahoon

Clay Cahoon was born in Los Angeles, CA but moved with his mom to Salt Lake City, UT when he was two. He was introduced, and instantly hooked to climbing when he was in sixth grade after a friend of his started bringing climbing magazines to school.

Clay began his climbing career with trees. He didn’t just climb the branches, he’d bolt holds onto the trunks of the trees. Some of Clay’s childhood routes still exist today on the old trees in his mother’s backyard.

Now he is known for climbing tons of long routes, short routes, and wrestling some pebbles. Clay has climbed 300+ 5.13's, a handful of 5.14's, and has bouldered in the double digits. He loves all aspects of climbing.

For Clay, life comes down to three important things: rock climbing, his wife Rosie, and drinking beers with his friends.

Accomplishments:
• Once held the speed record on Desert Shield, V-5.11-C3 in Zion National Park
• Made the first ascent of Potluck, 5.12- in the San Rafael Swell in Utah
• Made the first ascent of Disco Captain, 5.12 in the Wasatch Range

Scott Adamson

Scott Adamson hails from Provo, UT where he keeps himself busy establishing high-end mixed-ice climbs in Provo Canyon, as well as delicately sewing up the cracks in the deserts of Southern Utah.

Scott is mostly known around the nation and world for his epic attempts on the east face of Alaska’s Mooses Tooth and the southeast face of Kyzyl Asker in Kyrgyzstan. Obviously his real passion is on alpine and ice ascents, although he is still very keen on trad climbing and loves to dip into sport climbing and bouldering every once and a while.

Accomplishments:
• Made the first ascent of Levitation and Hail Marys, V WI6 M7 on the south face of the Mooses Tooth in Alaska.
• Developed and made the first ascent of Donkey Punch, M9+ in Provo Canyon, UT.
• Free-solo ascent of Bird Brain Blvd, 7-pitch WI5 M5 in 1 hr 16 mins, near Ouray, CO.
• Redpointed Brother From Another Planet, 5.12+ OW in Indian Creek, UT.
• Redpointed Trench Warfare, 5.12+ OW in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT.
• Onsighted all of the crux pitches on Moonlights Buttress 5.12d in Zion National Park, UT.

Steve House

Steve House was born in Washington where he grew up with his father that quickly exposed him to climbing. House was just 8 years old when he rappelled off of a granite boulder for the first time. In his youth he honed his climbing skills with his buddies of the Cliffhangers Club. He recalls being two years behind where all the other club members were, but that didn’t stop him.

Upon graduating high school, House lived in Slovenia as part of an exchange program. It was the mountains and the people there that really gave House his first taste of alpine climbing. He made himself available for climbing everyday to anyone that needed a partner. Once he returned to the States, House pursued the life of a climbing guide that provided a life of consistent opportunities to be in the mountains and on the cliffs.

House spent a good amount of time amping up his climbing career and portfolio with amazing alpine ascents in Alaska, the Canadian Rockies, and Pakistan. A life-threatening injury left him in a position where he decided to focus on other important things rather than becoming the best climber. House is now happily married and is a partner of Skyward Mountaineering. Along with his current alpine pursuits, House spends his time guiding, teaching, and writing about climbing.

Accomplishments:
• Made first ascent of the House-Anderson route, WI5+ M8 R/X on Canada’s Mount Alberta
• Made first ascent of K7 West in Pakistan
• Made first ascent of the House-Hayle route on Canada’s Mount Robson
• Awarded the People’s Award for the 14th Piolet d’Or for his solo ascent of the Southwest face of K7, making it the second ascent of the mountain and the first ascent of the route

Aaron Mulkey

Aaron is a pioneer ice climber. He hikes through and flies over the mountains of Wyoming to scout out some of the newest and sickest ice falls in the country. All of his explorations and pioneering has generously paid off with nearly 100 first ascents.

His knack for exploring comes from his history of hunting and hiking with his father in California. Aaron was introduced to climbing after we moved to Colorado where a co-worker took him out climbing for the first time. It only took one throw of the axe and he was hooked for life.

Aaron lives a double life. In the winter he climbs up the waterfalls and in the summer he paddles down them. Aaron likes to be the first to do a lot of things, and nabbing first descents in his kayak is one of them. So be it frozen or melted, he can always be found at the waterfalls.

Follow his adventures on his website at www.coldfear.com.

Accomplishments:
• Pioneered the mountains and canyons of Wyoming, establishing a large collection of new ice routes
• Made the first ascent of Morning Glory, WI6 in Wyoming's North Fork Valley
• Made the first ascent of The Gambler, WI7 in Wyoming's South Fork Valley
• Made the first ascent of Talk is Cheap, WI6 M6 in Wyoming's North Fork Valley
• Made the first ascent of Sons of Anarchy, WI5 M8R 2,500ft in Hemsedal, Norway
• Made the first ascent of Spirit Chimney WI5 M7 200ft in the Beartooth Mtns, Montana

Shingo Ohkawa

Shingo is one of the Wasatch Range’s visionary climbers with a drive for pioneering new routes that is always at full-throttle. He is endlessly contributing to the development of new routes in the Lone Peak Cirque as well as Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons. Shingo is a very pay-it-forward climber. Not only is he expanding the climbing potential in the Salt Lake City area but he is also a volunteer liaison with the Salt Lake Climbers Alliance.

Shingo wasn’t always a man-in-the-mountains. He grew up in New York City where the skyscape is elegantly made of glass buttresses and metal towers. Instead of playing downtown basketball with the other kids, Shingo spent his time reading old issues of National Geographic that inspired him to explore. At the age of 8, Shingo got hooked on rock climbing after taking some climbing lessons at a gym. The rest after that is history.