Replacing the Chimera, the new Aether has the benefits of a clean-nosed design and good ergonomics, while still being really lightweight - a major advantage for mountain trad and alpine rock, says John McKenna.
This week's Friday Night Video is about the pure obsession and effort behind a hard trad first ascent by Québécois/Australian Jacques Beaudoin. Mother Earth (8b) is a stunning sixty-degree thin crack climb hidden amongst bushland that has been...