So as we enter the 2010s, what’s the best new techno gear/innovation over the last 10 years?
Of all the new techno gear that’s emerged over the last 10 years (GPS, approach shoes, LED headlamps, SPOT,….), I’m inclined to vote for on-line databases like SP, SuperTopo, Mountain Project, etc.
These on-line databases have provided me superb mountain and climbing beta that only comes from years of local experience and enabled me to tackle mountains/routes that would normally take me several years of scouting or teaming up with other experienced climbers/scrambles. These have been my cragging enablers…for better or worse
What’ca think