3 September 2014

Grivel Twin Gate carabiner

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Grivel New "Twin Gate Carabiner": http://youtu.be/jkraPv-I_Bk A very interesting new carabineer from Grivel - Stevie Haston c...
30 September 2013

Black Diamond testing lab: Acid damage to climbing gear

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Kolin Powick has added another excellent article to the Black Diamond QC Lab blog about acid damage to climbing gear . He received an ema...
20 July 2013

New DMM gear: Thor carabiner with 11kN open gate strength, Rhino belay carabiner with 'horn'

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DMM have announced a few new products at the OutDoor Friedrichshafen trade show in Germany . First, the Thor carabiner - a crab with 11 k...
15 June 2013

Load testing real trad gear placements

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Michael Law has tested a collection of trad gear placements to see how solid 'real' placements are in real rock. He used a hydra...
2 June 2013

The anti cam by Matt Maddaloni - cam for large detached flakes

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Matt Maddaloni designed and built an ingenious anti-cam in 2010. The anti-cam is designed to attach to large flakes by gripping to only t...
20 April 2013

Black Diamond: the dangers of modifying climbing hardwear

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It's not surprising to hear a manufacturer asking its users not to modify their climbing hardware, but it is interesting to hear why. B...
13 April 2013

Edelrid Mirco Jul and Mega Jul belay devices

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An interesting new pair of belay devices from Edelrid - the Micro Jul (for narrow ropes) and Mega Jul are assisted braking device which ca...
3 March 2013

Petzl Laser Speed Light ice screw

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One of the more interesting of Petzl's latest product announcements is the Petzl Laser Light Speed ice screw - a screw with an alumini...
5 January 2013

1972 Chouinard Equipment Catalogue

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A fascinating piece of history: the 1972 Chouinard Catalogue has all kinds of interesting snippets and historical info. Cover of the ...
9 December 2012

Rope innovation: Mammut Sensor, Edelrid Snipe, Beal Unicore

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There several interesting developments coming over the next year. The Mammut Sensor has middle and end markings which you can feel with you...
1 September 2012

Sirocco helmet from Petzl

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The new Sirocco helmet from Petzl is moulded from expanded polypropylene EPP (as opposed to the more usual expanded polystyrene EPS) whi...
31 August 2012

Choosing the right carabiner

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Black Diamond director of quality, Kolin Powick, has written a great article on carabiner s; it talks about rock climbing crabs vs industr...