The GRIGRI is one of those classic autolocking belay devices that you either love or hate. Some say that its autolocking feature makes it a very safe device to use. Others claim it that it is easy to misuse and this makes it dangerous.

Knots.

It's one of the first things we learn about when starting climbing. I'm not talking about the feeling in your stomach on your first exposed crux... I'm talking about the basic knowledge of how to tie in to your harness.

Lets face it, tying a knot comes naturally to some of us, while to the rest, it's just mind-boggling and can take a while to master.

Tibet is not China, and the Chinese is trying hard to brainwash you into thinking otherwise. Well, they managed to get their own people brainwashed anyway. There are people who are trying to let the world know what's really going on over there, and yesterday, some of these people were arrested by the Chinese police including a journalist who was covering the protest, and one of our friends, Pema Yoko, one of the protesters from Students for a free TIbet.