This is what I like enough to want to share:
For Safety as a solo-female van lifer:
Adventure gear:
- TC Pros – the most comfortable (IMO) trad climbing shoe available
- I regularly trust my life to the Petzl grigri
- Garmin inReach
- Edelrid boa 9.8mm 70m rope
- I like the Mammut locking carabiners because they have an orange tab to easily show if it’s locked or not
- I climb on Wild Country Friends mostly. They can be extended.
- DMM offset nuts
- Mammut alpine draws
- North face voyager duffel
- Sport climber? I don’t sport climb much any more, but when I do… these are my go-to draws: Trango Reaction Quick pack
- Boulderer? Me too… I use the Metolius Recon trifold. It’s about 3’x4′, so you can kinda sleep on it too if needed. This thing has caught sooo many of my falls over the years.
- LuminAid solar lantern & charger
- Smith Glacier glasses
- Ocun crack gloves
- Rocky Talkies
- Grivel ice axe
- Phone tether
Some of my favorite companies with products I use at least weekly, with referral links:
- Capital One
- Crypto.com
- Coinbase
- Canva
- Jackery
- Terra.do
- Natural Cycles
- Gnarly protein
- All the public libraries – and their audiobooks
- Norrøna – for 5% extra loyalty points
- Starlink – I have the mini
- PrintingCenterUSA – use my link for 15% off
Clothes and random items I love:
- acupressure rings – for climbing and for BFRBs
- for toe pain from tight climbing shoes – toe separators
- Neutrogena 45 spf zinc suncreen – as a northern euro descent person with light, sensitive skin, I live by this item
- Prana Halle Pants
- Arc’teryx atom hoodie
- Freedom of the Hills
Van life:
- Keep mice out of your van engine: I’ve bought this strobe 3x now to put in different places.
- Don’t forget to change the batteries.
- My tow strap – I recently found out this is crucial… story coming soon.
- Van Essential window covers
- Jackery battery (as backup)