UKC Gear – Petzl

With a maximum weight of 165 g, the SIROCCO becomes the new standard for lightweight helmets. [ full story ]

Steve McClure, Lyon's Team Manager, talks to Shauna about her future climbing plans and her new sponsorship deal. [ full story ]

UKC was at the massive winter gear tradeshow ISPO Munich, getting sneak previews of kit in the pipeline for autumn/winter... [ full story ]

This weekend is the Kendal Mountain Festival - the biggest and best annual gathering of climbers, mountaineers and hillwalkers in... [ full story ]

With just a few days to go before the start of this years Kendal Mountain Festival we thought we would give you a reminder about... [ full story ]

Kendal Mountain Festival is on from 15-18 November. Here are trailers some of the stunning films that will be showing this year... [ full story ]

Here we have a selection of exciting new hardware that stood out to us on our roving reporter travels. [ full story ]

Award-winning product highlights from OutDoor, Europe's main summer gear event. This year 900 exhibitors from 40 countries were... [ full story ]

Neil Gresham runs through the benefits of Petzl Ange carabiners and quickdraws, and explains how and when best to use them. [ full story ]

The final ISPO Munich 2012 report: some interesting new climbing and walking equipment to look out for this season, plus sneak... [ full story ]

According to Viv Scott, the Petzl Lynx and Black Diamond Stinger are leading the charge in lightweight replaceable front crampon... [ full review ]

The UKC team looks at high performing ice axes from top brands such as Petzl, DMM, Black Diamond, Grivel and Edelrid. If you... [ full review ]

Mark Glaister takes a look at 5 screwgate karabiners each with an added feature that improves the safety of the belay system -... [ full review ]

Dan Bailey road tests the new improved Petzl E+Lite, and reckons it's the best mini emergency headtorch he's seen. [ full review ]

Neil Foster reviews three innovative new devices: the Petzl Reverso 4, Mammut Bionic Alpine and Grivel Master Pro. [ full review ]

Paul Lewis reviews the Petzl Nao headtorch with its 'reactive lighting' technology. A new direction in the evolution of head... [ full review ]

Lightweight sport climbing harnesses have come a long way in recent years. All the major manufacturers are now making models... [ full review ]

With both traditional and sport climbing use in mind, Mark Glaister has been testing out some of the diverse range of quickdraws... [ full review ]

Written by Chamonix-based climber and photographer Jon Griffith, with stunning photographs of his journeys in Patagonia, Chamonix... [ full review ]

A video review of 5 of the current range of assisted braking belay devices. Featuring Alan James and and Mark Glaister and filmed... [ full review ]