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NEW SEASON

Energize. Excite. Embolden. When that calling in your soul and that look in your dog’s eyes is telling you it’s time to get out there.

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EB CLIMBING

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Gregory

New RC Baltoro + Deva

The ultimate in custom pack fit. Patented FreeFloat hipbelt system and auto-rotating shoulder harnesses flex and adapt to your body’s natural walking movements, delivering unrivaled comfort.

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GRAND TRUNK

MAYFLY CHAIR

This three-legged, convertible chair is a perfect hybrid of our Monarch and Mantis chairs. Its removable front foot can be used to give the chair stability like the Mantis, or removed to give it the hillside rocking functionality of the Monarch.

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Remix 450

Upgraded to 450 Lumens, the Remix features an astounding 63h FL1 runtime on High, by far the best in it’s class.

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Rock Technologies

DRY 5 Liquid chalk

Rock Technologies Dry 5 Liquid Chalk has been developed to give excellent performance, enhancing the drying effect of the chalk, and ultimately enables climbers to stop to re-chalk less often, or even not at all on a short bouldering problem. This is an alcohol-based liquid chalk cream that dries fast and keeps hands dry for longer than standard chalk.

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Five Ten

Five Ten

Five Ten, the Brand of the Brave, is a leader in performance, high-friction footwear. From downhill mountain bike racing to rock climbing, from wing suit flying to kayaking, Five Ten makes footwear for the world’s most dangerous sports.

The Redlands, California-based company has been producing cutting-edge designs and proprietary Stealth rubber soles for nearly 30 years. With the help of top national and international athletes and guides, combined with a world-class rubber-testing and R&D facility, Five Ten is the shoe brand of choice for the world’s most exciting athletes.

Five Ten’s roots trace back to Yosemite and Joshua Tree National Parks. Charles Cole, Five Ten’s founder and president, started the company in 1985. At the time, he was a footloose, 30-year-old climbing bum whose motto was “one with the dirt.” All climbers need rest days and Cole’s were well spent, earning him an engineering degree from University of Southern California and an MBA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Raised in Southern California, Cole paid his climbing dues on the rough rock of Joshua Tree. Like many of his climbing contemporaries, he turned his sights to vast walls of Yosemite. Many of Cole’s first ascents, including the False Shield and Jolly Roger on El Cap, and Space, Queen of Spades and Autobahn on Half Dome, remain test pieces today.

In July of 1985, after a particularly exhausting solo marathon up the Steck Salathe, Cole, in his hurry to return to Camp 4, had a near-miss slip while descending. By the time he safely reached the ground he had formulated a plan and Five Ten was born. The name Five Ten refers to the Yosemite Decimal System, a rating scale used to determine the technical difficulty of a climbing route.

Approaches and descents are often the most dangerous parts of the climb, made even more treacherous by the slick-soled sneakers that climbers used to wear. In school, and on the walls, Cole often contemplated why the existing climbing rubber was inadequate (one best-selling shoe at the time utilized old airplane tires for soles). Working with some of California’s leading scientists and experts in the field, Cole immediately started developing Stealth high-friction rubber. Five Ten’s first rubber compound, Stealth S1, revolutionizing climbing due to its tenacious grip and durability. The original Five Tennies created the approach shoe category, providing climbers with traction and sure-footed dependability on approaches and descents. Athletes soon established Stealth as the benchmark in high-friction footwear. There are currently nine Stealth compounds, each formulation offering distinct tuning attributes. Athletes can now pick the best rubber solution for their specific sport.