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			CLIMBING SMARTS


			Buying Climbing Gear The gear to get started.

			Light Mountaineering Gear Lighten your load.

			Gear Guide: Backpacks Carry in comfort.

			Gear Guide: Tents Your home away from home.

			Gear Guide: Apparel Dress for success.

			Gear Guide: Sleeping Bags Sleep through the night.

			Buying Guide: Sleeping Pads Mattress matters.

			Gear Guide: Stoves Light your fire.


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			GEAR E*QUIPPER


From boots to backpacks, GORP's interactive Gear E*quipper helps you find the right stuff.


			EXPERT ADVICE


			Finding shoes that fit

			Shoes for wide feet

			Picking the right ice axe

			Ice-tool physics: Quark and Quasar
			Kids and safety: the right harness


			CARE AND USE


			Increase the life of your sleeping bag

			Sleeping pad flat-fixer

			Reliable stove performance

			Cooking made simpler

			Cooking on stoves.

			Good tentkeeping

			Taut tents and tight tarps


			GORP Tested


			Alpine Packs Six Packs suited to mountaineers

			Bivy Sacks Nine bivy sacks tested and reviewed.

			The Lite Stuff Is Go-ing Lite worth the price?

			Ice Axes Twelve axes put through the paces.