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Reviews of two books covering mountaineering accidents and emergencies, ‘Forever on the Mountain’ and ‘Exposed,’ cover alpinist decision making and gear choices.

Visit to La Sportiva in Italy, checking out their climbing and skiing footwear as well as fascinating history.

Trip climbing Vinson Massif, little things that shifted our minds away from severe cold and suffering to cozy camping and comfort on the hill and in the tent.

Ultimate Quiver ski review selects a small group of the best ski touring and backcountry skis for 2014-2015.

Tech Crampon 250 attaches to the binding fittings in ski touring boots, they are light and small for ski mountaineering and help lower the weight of your backpack for backcountry skiing.

Backcountry skiing and touring at Lonquimay volcano, Corralco resort in Chile provides many options both on and off piste.

Wekend at Wildsnow HQ and beyond includes lost skis and other little things, yes, the skis were reunited with ski touring owner in Chile.

Baby birds in a backcountry privy and review of August 11-16 at WildSnow.com

Tour of backcountry.com facilities in Salt Lake City, warehouse of mountaineering and ski gear.

Explaination of results and questions re the WildSnow.com Avalanche Safety Risk Level Evaluation quiz for skiers and climbers.

Changes at Black Diamond Equipment will affect backcountry skiing and ski touring gear they offer, they’ll continue with Boundary product line for 2015 2016.

Amy Heuer reviews Salewa Rapace Mountaineering boots for hiking and glacier travel.

Avalanche safety for ski touring has many aspects, but how people interact with each other as well as behave is key to coming back alive, 5 tips.

Field test review of new for 2014 G3 ION backcountry skiing touring binding, innovative features in a tech binding.

A weekend of early season backcountry skiing in Marble, Colorado and wiring for off the grid Hughes Net.

Jessica Portmess reports on Dynafit’s alpine running gear, the Trail Dry and Distance Gear tank and shorts. Fall training tips for backcountry skiing on ski resorts.

Review of Trimble Outdoors Navigator GPS smartphone app, good integration with cloud and desktop, but could use a few improvements.

Skiing snowsports helmets, why they might not work and do not protect as well as they should from concussion and brain injury.