In April 2010 CiloGear athletes aka CiloGear Nation strongmen Kyle Dempster, Jed Brown and Bruce Normand received the Piolet d’Or for their 2009 first ascent of the 2,650-meter north wall of Xuelian West. The following is a report from Kyle Dempster. Two days before I departed for another Asian odyssey, Graham handed me a 60L NWD WorkSack at [...]
December 23, 2009 – 7:52 pm
I know, I know, CiloGear has the best blog in the world. Hey, we’ve got two readers. Hi Mom! But seriously, two folks who can actually write are in a blog fight for total world domination: In the left corner, a dominant collegiate boxer, who won the national title at 132 lbs. In the right [...]
December 17, 2009 – 3:16 pm
Apparently, that John Frieh character often seen speeding across the west got out again. Result? Some ice got climbed. As detailed in his TR, they did new routes in Cody, and what must have been a pretty damned cold repeat of The Big Sleep in Hyalite. Of course, here at CiloGear, we always look for the [...]
December 9, 2009 – 7:58 pm
Sometimes, it’s too cold to show and tell outside…Here’s Zack showing off the contents of his 30L. Cilo Gear 30L from Josh Gross on Vimeo.
December 9, 2009 – 7:22 pm
While some of us are busy making your packs, others from the CiloGear team will descend on Bozeman, Montana on Friday, the 11th of December. We’re excited to be checking out and taking part in the Bozeman Ice Fest. We’ll see you there! We’ll have quite a few different packs to check out.
December 7, 2009 – 5:21 pm
It was 24 degrees here in Portland when i took the dog out this morning. Apparently, that’s good weather for some objectives: Two local boys went and found some n’ice on Mt Hood’s Illumination Rock and were kind enough to write up their trip report over on Cascade Climbers. Nate Farr is sporting a sexy special [...]
November 5, 2009 – 5:21 pm
I’m super stoked that we have the chance to work with Joe Puryear. Joe is humble, does strong first ascents, an excellent writer and takes some snazzy pictures for a math geek. Read his most recent trip report, on 24 towers in 20 days on Supertopo now! Now if only there was a guidebook to [...]
October 20, 2009 – 11:15 am
On one hand, you’ve got early season alpine climbing. Alpine climbing makes for amazing photography sometimes, like the shot on page 24 of the Patagonia Winter 2009 catalog. On the other hand, at this time of the year, the photos people send us or post on their blogs makes me want to drink some hot [...]
