Outdoor Gear with a Conscience Marmot has been designing top-of-the-line mountaineering equipment and camping gear since 1974, when it opened in a century-old building in Grand Junction, Colorado. The company’s driving philosophy is based on three principles: People, Product, and Planet. Marmot believes that designing... Continue reading
Scrambling the Flatirons Satan’s Minions Scrambling Club Boulder, Colorado Massive slabs of red sandstone jut towards the sky from Boulder, Colorado’s Chautauqua Park, dramatically marking the Earth’s transition from the flatland prairies of the Midwest to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The 300 million-year-old... Continue reading
It’s that one crux move that Stefan Glowacz and Markus Dorfleitner shook off day after day, week after week, month after month and, in the end, year after year. The mysterious “Black Wall” in hell valley, on the north side of the Wetterstein mountains above... Continue reading
A first ascent that has it all: the Marmot ambassadors Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner master a challenging route made of ice and rock on the Gardena Pass. In search of the perfect conditions for demanding ice climbing, our professionals Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner... Continue reading
Robert Jasper set off to the very little explored northern Patagonian inland ice in October with his mountain guide cohorts Jörn Heller and Andi Thomann as well as photographer Klaus Fengler. Their motto was “exploring“ the last white spots on our globe. They wanted to... Continue reading
Robert Jasper, extreme mountaineer from the German Black Forrest, scores another first ascent solo in the world-famous north face of the Eiger! This summer Robert Jasper took on another first ascent in his favorite wall, the historic Eiger north face, to prepare for an upcoming... Continue reading
After Marmot athlete Stefan Glowacz crossed Greenlands inland ice back (1000 km) last year, he now came back to complete his expedition. Last years attempt to end this expedition with a climb of a big wall at the east coast failed due to several reasons.... Continue reading
Marmot PRO and extreme climber Robert Jasper successfully returned from his solo expedition to Greenland with a first ascent. Robert had embarked on an adventure of the special kind in mid-July from Kulusuk in East Greenland. He left civilization from the last Inuit settlement Kungmit solo,... Continue reading
When Prof. Julian Bayliss (http://julianbayliss.co.uk/) found this special mountain formation on Google Earth satellite imagery, his scientific heart began to beat higher. “I’ve done similar scientific expeditions in Africa, but this one immediately looked very special to me. Almost like a fortress of rock.” says... Continue reading
Marmot PRO Sarah Kampf (formerly Seeger) recently could send “Battle Cat” (8c/+), one of Frankenjura’s most impressive lines. As Sarah reports, on the day of the send everything fell into place: “Succeeding in a project often depends on so many different factors, and luck is... Continue reading
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