Mountain Equipment Blog — Climbing
Mountains Crusher Luke Hansen Joins Mountain Equipment as Store Ambassador
Mountain Equipment is super proud to have local Blue Mountains crusher Luke Hansen come on board as a store ambassador! Luke's psych for climbing is completely infectious and he is...
Professional Prints! The Perfect Christmas Gift for Climbers or Hikers
Mountain Equipment is proud to announce that we have teamed up with some of our favourite local Sydney and Blue Mountains outdoor photographers to have their prints available for purchase!...
The Official REEL ROCK 13 Trailer is HERE!
The official REEL ROCK 13 Trailer is here so check it out! We have to say the footage from Antartica looks freaking amazing!!! Tickets are selling quick so...
We are now a drop-off location for Climbing Resoles Australia
Just letting all of our customer know that Mountain Equipment is now a Sydney and Chatswood drop off point for Climbing Resoles Australia! Save cash, recycle and reuse your beloved climbing shoes....
Alex Honnold's TED Talk on Free Soloing El Cap
The TED Talk that Alex Honnold gave earlier this year after his awesome free solo of El Cap is now available free! I don't know how any one can understate more...
Functions of the New BetaStick EVO Climbing Clip Stick
The new BetaStick Evo is in stock from Beta Climbing Designs and it's a great improvement to what was already a good product. The stick clip already handled well in...
Ben Sanford added as a Mountain Equipment Ambassador
Mountain Equipment is proud to announce that we've brought Ben Sanford to the team as a Mountain Equipment athlete and ambassador! He now joins the ranks with some of the...
Climbing Vid "Comfort Zone" with Alex Honnald & Jonathan Siegrist
If you haven't seen this short film yet it's definitely worth a few minutes. This was put together before Alex Honnald set a new speed record for the Nose...
Chris Burke and Lakpa Sherpa Kanchenjunga Summit Push
This week we celebrated the return of Chris, Lakpa and Chrriring to our shop for a good catchup. However with the first mention of the word "Kanchenjunga" you could see in...
2018 Pre Monsoon Everest Season Wrap up from Sumit Joshi
Mountain Equipment staffer Sumit Joshi has just returned from Nepal where he lead the hugely successful Himalayan Ascent team that got 5 of their 6 clients and 4 guides to the summit of...
Steve Plain Did it! A New 7 Summits Speed Record
Yesterday on the 14th of May Steve Plain, along with his climbing partners Jon Gupta and Pemba Sherpa, were the first climbers after the Sherpa fixing team to summit Everest...
Chris Burke: Kanchenjunga Expedition update & rescue – 5 May 2018
The following article is written by Chris Burke who is currently resting in Kanchenjunga base camp ready for a summit push. Kanchenjunga is extremely remote and never seems to be...
