In reply to LifeIsAmazing:
Hi,
Yes, sorry, I'm acutely aware how it looks. Believe it or not we struggle for female reviewers, though we are working on that. We do of course publish reviews by women, but it's nowhere near 50.6% I'm afraid (always nice to have an ambitious target).
Though modelled and written about by men, a number of the products in this particular lineup have a women's version too: the Bora AR, the Definition shell, and the Kinetic Plus jacket - In each case this is mentioned in the full reviews to which the Top 10 piece links.
Of the rest, well, the karabiner, helmet, stick, crack gloves and stove clearly aren't gendered so I don't think the gender of the reviewer is relevant in these cases. That leaves the Paramo Enduro (no female version) and the Scarpa Ribelle (I don't know - we've not written the full review yet).
The availability (or lack) of female versions is something we always try to mention in any review.
Back to the important point. The dearth of female reviewers - ditto contributors more generally. Well we're here, and there's no entrance policy except merit... So I guess this is an open invite to get in touch. If you can write well and take good photos, if you know about gear and you use it a lot, and if you happen to be a woman too, then do drop me a line.
We're sorted for male reviewers though. No more middle aged white blokes for now, please