Helikon-Tex offers a wide range of color options and camouflage patterns – but this month, the focus is on the “Polish Woodland” camouflage pattern. This pattern is actually printed using NIR-compliant dyes and therefore meets military requirements for camouflage in the near-infrared spectrum. I covered the whole topic using Helikon-Tex products as examples in a […]

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I had the chance to try out the NVG with Wangle and made a short video about it. Both tubes of the device can either be used in parallel, as you would expect from binocular NVGs – or you can pan them outward to gain an additional 15° field of view. The images then overlap […]
I decided once again to create something about the Petzl AP Hook, which is used in the EXO rescue system. The hook is designed for emergency evacuation from a burning building. I have repurposed it and will show one way to use the hook to anchor onto edges inside a building in order to rappel […]
A few months ago, I already bought a drytooling pick from Kuznia Szpeju for my Ergonomic and tested it on my training tower. With the confidence I gained in their pick and the drytooling grips, I decided to also get the replacement pick for the lightweight carbon ice tools Elite Climb Raptor. This report is […]
I recently put together the setup from Falcon Claw. It is primarily assembled from their products. I’ve now summarized my first experiences in this article. Falcon Claw Components Falcon 640+ V2 Thermal Device Falcon Dovetail Adapter for Thermal Device Falcon QDF Weapon Mount Falcon QDB Bridge Falcon QDA PVS-14 Adapter The Night Vision Device As […]
This article is sponsored by LV Equipment. The Berghaus Munro is a classic that nearly every German soldier should be familiar with. Several years ago, Berghaus already released an infrared-optimized version, back then in the color Cedar. Now, updated to modern standards, the Berghaus Munro II is available in Stone Grey Olive – of course […]
I have been rappelling regularly for over 10 years now and have tried a lot of different things. What you use, how, and where requires some experience, which of course cannot be fully conveyed in a short blog post like this. But in short: when climbing, you use different equipment than in canyoning or rescue […]
Recently, I showed an emergency rappel using a door anchor made from two crutches and two broomsticks in a reel. This video, which was intended more as entertainment, raised a few questions. One of them: How much load can a broomstick actually take as a door anchor? I tested it and explained the it in […]
Controversial and specific – I advise against imitation. It’s hard to say from how many skyhooks an anchor point can be considered “safe.” But I like to use two skyhooks with an aramid accessory cord as one questionable point. In the comments, some suggested tying a knot in the sling for redundancy… but I prefer […]
A high anchor point is generally much more comfortable than a low one when transitioning over the edge. So it’s great when there’s a tree close to the edge. But what if the tree is no longer that trustworthy? Here I’ve set up a system we can use to practice rappelling. Everything is “fixed” in […]




