Jackets – The Alpine Start

Maybe it’s because I’m getting old. Or maybe I’ve just gotten too comfortable and haven’t [...]

So you’ve decided you need a new Gore-Tex shell for all your climbing endeavours. Maybe [...]

When Patagonia’s DAS Parka debuted in the mid-2000’s it practically revolutionized the synthetic belay jacket [...]

Patagonia introduced the Micro Puff a few years ago (after years of development), but the [...]

The original Nuclei was pretty much perfect — in my review (link) when this jacket [...]

This past week, along with twenty or so other media from across the globe, I [...]

This coming January will mark seven years of The Alpine Start. If you’ve been following [...]

For years, Outdoor Research’s tagline was “Designed By Adventure,” and though ‘adventure’ itself wasn’t defined, [...]

When RAB introduced the Kinetic Plus jacket last Fall, I was really excited to test [...]

Owning a big down parka is in many ways like owning a 4×4 truck: it’s [...]