Resources
Want gear advice and gear reviews? Welcome to Bogong's Resources section. Here you'll find useful information, including how to choose the right sleeping bag for your needs, which rock climbing shoes you should get, how to go lightweight, how to hydrate on a trail run, and more.
Index
Climbing Gear Advice
- Belay Devices for Rock Climbing
- Carabiners: A Climber's Guide
- Carabiners: 6 Favourite Locking Carabiners
- Climbing Shoes: How to Choose
- Climbing Shoes: Types
- Climbing Shoes: For Indoor Gyms
- Climbing Shoes: Resoling
- Climbing Shoes: Stink
- Etiquette: Environmental
- Etiquette: Where Do Rock Climbers Poop?
- Glossary for Climbing
- Harnesses for Climbing: How to Choose
- Harnesses for Climbing: Kids
- Harnesses for Climbing: When to Retire Them
- Helmets for Climbing: How to Choose
- Maintenance of Climbing Equipment
- Ropes: How to Choose
- Trad Rack: How to Build One
- Trad Rack: Stater Kit
Hiking Gear Advice
- Blister Prevention: How to
- Boot Care and Maintenance
- Gaiters: Why Do You Need Them?
- Gear for Hiking: 5 Favourites
- Gear for Hut-to-Hut Walking in Europe
- Lightweight Bushwalking: How to
- Lightweight Food for Hiking
- Sleeping Bags: Down vs. Synthetic
- Sleeping Bags: How to Choose
- Sleeping Mats: How to Look After Them
- Sleeping Mats: Our Exped Range
- Snow Camping Tips
- Stoves: How to Choose
- Two-Person Tents
- Waterproofing 101
- Winter Hiking: What You Need to Know
Ski Gear Advice
Trail Running Gear Advice
Gear Reviews, Videos and Features
- Anatom Footwear Feature
- Axl Bindings – The World's Meanest, Hardest Charging Tele Ski Binding
- DMMiD: What is it?
- Grivel North Machine Carbon Ice Axe Video
- Grampians Rock Climbing Guidebooks
- Hiking Gear – 5 Favourites
- La Sportiva Mythos Climbing Shoe Review
- La Sportiva Otaki Rock Climbing Shoe Video
- La Sportiva Climbing Shoe Range Video
- La Sportiva 2018 Women's Solution Climbing Shoe Video
- Mont Backcountry Hiking Pack
- Mont Astro
- Ortlieb's Story
- Outdoor Research Ascendant Hoodie Feature
- Primus PrimeTech Gas Stove 1.3-litre Set Video Review
- Sea to Summit Alpha Pot Set 2.2 Video Review
- Wild Country New Friends Interview with Designer and Video
Buying Guides
- Tents Buying Guide: Download here (6MB)
- Hiking Packs Buying Guide: Download here (6MB)
- Day Packs Buying Guide: Download here (6MB)
- Sleeping Bags Buying Guide: Download here (6MB)
- Sleeping Mats Buying Guide: Download here (6MB)
- Ski Gear Buying Guide: Download here (6MB)
