MMI Links
GEAR
Local Retailers:
Outdoors, Inc.: The only local source for climbing gear. (MMI members get a 10% discount!)
On-Line Retailers
Where we find deals online:
Gear Express - The best selection of technical climbing gear and best service on the net! Good prices too.
Acme Climbing - A little known place with great deals!
Sierra Trading Post - Great deals on a small, but frequently changing selection of closeouts and “last years” models.
Backcountry.com - Good site with a wide selection of outdoor gear.
Altrec.com – You can speak with a rep online here, and they have a wide selection.
Campmor - Great deals on a giant selection of general outdoor gear. Very little technical climbing gear.
REI
Home Page - More great deals on gear.
They have a store in
REI Outlet - Cheaper REI stuff!
Mountain Gear - These guys have it all and have good service. But, expect to pay full retail for only the latest and greatest stuff.
Bent Gate – Good selection of gear, skiing and other winter stuff.
Manufacturers
There are MANY out there, so here are the best sites, plus a few that are less known that you shouldn’t overlook.
Petzl: Check out the newest gear available, and some great videos!
Black Diamond - At BD, its all about cutting edge Climbing and Skiing gear. Some good videos here too.
Omega Pacific - These guys design and build gear. They strive for Quality and making it affordable.
Yates Gear - Maker of the Screamer, and a lot of other stuff…
Trango - Another one of the big names in climbing gear
Grivel - For everything in an Alpinist’s toolbox (also check out Grivel North America)
Mountain Hardware - Manufactures tents, sleeping bags, outdoor clothing and technical apparel for climbing, skiing, etc.
Arcteryx - Cutting edge climbing apparel and packs. These guys make The North Face look like Macy’s.
Patagonia - A Green company with good technical apparel. Some good videos here as well.
GENERAL
CLIMBING SITES
Rockclimbing.com - Good online resource for scoping out climbing areas, pics and a very active forum
Summitpost - Great site for all things in the mountains, great resource for mountain information
Mountain Project - Great site for all things in the mountains, great resource for mountain information
Supertopo - Has guidebooks, route info for some classics and another great forum
Tradgirl - Rec.Climbing's Home on the Net
REGIONAL
CLIMBING INFORMATION
Southeastern Climbers Coalition - a non-profit group dedicated to preserving climbing access in the Southeast
Coolclimbing - Lots of good info for Southeast climbing. The only info online for the ice climbing in the South.
GUIDES
& CLIMBING SCHOOLS
Here’s a list of guides and schools that MMI members recommend. We’ll only put links here if we know and trust them!
Eastern Mountain Sports - Specializing in the Northeast. Lots of good rock, ice and even alpine climbing up there!
Colorado Mountain School - These guys
climb all over the
Timberline Mountain Guides -
Specializing in
Southwest Adventure Guides - Experts
in
Granite Arches - Southeast US,
including
American Alpine Institute - These guys do courses and climbs all over the world.
Karl Baba -
WEATHER
The 10 day forecast from the Weather Channel for the regional climbing destinations:
Southern
Illinois (Drapers & Cedars Bluff, Ferne Clyffe SP,
Clarksville (Kings Bluff)
North Central Arkansas (Jamestown Mountain & Sam’s Throne areas)
Iuka Mississippi (Tishomingo)
Chattanooga (Several areas in this vicinity)
If you have a URL you want posted on this site, email me!
