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Equipment and Gear

For more than fifteen years, the AAI Blog has kept the mountain community up to date on news, events, and developments in the outdoor industry, leavened with a bit of humor.

2014 Guides Choice Award Winners Announced

American Alpine Institute
August 7, 2014

How to Choose a Single Rope

American Alpine Institute
February 10, 2014

Eye Protection on Long Expeditions

American Alpine Institute
November 29, 2013

Gear Review: Patagonia Cragmaster Approach Shoe

American Alpine Institute
September 27, 2013

Look Ma, No Floor

American Alpine Institute
August 30, 2013

Guides Choice 2013

American Alpine Institute
August 1, 2013

2013 Guides’ Choice Award Winners

American Alpine Institute
July 31, 2013

Testing the Spire

American Alpine Institute
July 23, 2013

An Unscientific Helmet Test by Climbing Magazine

American Alpine Institute
July 8, 2013

The Ultimate Head to Head: Jetboil vs. Reactor

American Alpine Institute
April 16, 2013

Will My Boots Work?

American Alpine Institute
April 1, 2013

Equipment Review: Five Ten Newton

American Alpine Institute
February 15, 2013

Avalung in the News

American Alpine Institute
January 4, 2013

My Favorite Layer: The Windshirt

American Alpine Institute
December 24, 2012

The Evolution of Gear

American Alpine Institute
November 6, 2012

The Underappreciated Value of Trekking Poles

American Alpine Institute
October 22, 2012

Eye Protection on Long Expeditions

American Alpine Institute
September 28, 2012

My Favorite Layer: The Windshirt

American Alpine Institute
September 25, 2012

2012 Guides’ Choice Awards

American Alpine Institute
August 3, 2012

The Magnetron – Hint: It’s not from a Summer Blockbuster

American Alpine Institute
July 25, 2011