Karst is a complex landscape with distinctive topography that has been shaped by the dissolving action of waters to form unique surface and subsurface features. The word originally comes from Italian Carso and Serbian-Croatian Kras for a limestone plateau in the Dinaric Alps of Northwest Slovenia. To us at Karst Sports we have made it our name to relate toward any activity that may take place in and around a Karst area such as Caving, Rock Climbing, Paddling, Mountain Biking, Hiking, Mountain and Wilderness Rescue, etc...

A kilo Newton is not actually a weight but a measurement of a moving mass. A Newton (named after Sir Isaac Newton) is the amount of force required to accelerate a body with a mass of one kilogram at a rate of one meter per second squared. A kilo Newton is one thousand Newtons. 1 kilo Newton is equal to approximately 225 pounds of force. You should always capatilize Newton since it is named after a person.

The UIAA is the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation. When you see the UIAA label on a piece of mountaineering equipment, you know that it is up to the highest international standards for safety. The UIAA started to test ropes in 1960 and now has standards for 19 different categories of safety equipment, including helmets, harnesses and crampons.