Rich decided to treat his noggin to some protection. We told him it was money wasted with that little to preserve but he couldn't be swayed. One man's views on the ultralight second generation Petzl Sirocco.

A soft, low profile cradle that can be adjusted with one hand. A magnetic buckle that can be just as easily fastened. Have they thought of everything?

Resident punter John has put the lens down long enough to tell us what he has been up to, where he has been up to it and what he likes about the kit we sold him to go and do it! This piece is on his must have jumar companions; a list he has fine tuned through trial and error.

Next month he will be in Yosemite and hopefully by the end of it will have something worthwhile to say..