In the past few years there have been a lot of new belay carabiners coming onto the market. Most of the new technology has been focused on preventing accidental cross-loading during the belay. DMM has come...
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DMM had a hole to fill; they had just retired a wiregate carabiner from their line and needed something new to take it’s place. They wanted to create something “special.” So they made...
It’s been years of anticipation, but DMM’s Alpha Light Carabiner is finally available. This carabiner has such tight tolerances that it took 3 years to bring it to market! At Outdoor Retailer...
With Beal’s main specialty in rope manufacturing, when they set out to create a new line of carabiners, they put a lot of thought into the carabiner/rope interaction. Their goal was to minimize rope...
Beal is coming out with the industries lightest and thinnest half rope in the market in 2014. Conveniently it’s also certified as a twin rope. This rope measures in at 7.3mm in diameter and weighs...
In 2014 Beal is coming out with 6 new rock climbing harnesses for the US market, a complete harness line-up. We caught up with Ben Eaton from Liberty Mountain (Beal’s US distributer) to find out the scoop...
Although most U.S. climbers generally talk about 2-4 companies who sell cams, and racking their brain they can come up with 6, there’s actually an astonishing 18 companies who sell cams. Fun Cam Facts...
At the 2013 Outdoor Retailer Trade Show we caught up with Maro LaBlance and Elliott Bates from Millet. They gave us the lowdown on their newest climbing rope, the Opposite 9/10. If you can’t see the video...
When I started trad climbing I didn’t think there was that much difference between nut sets. So I just got the same brand as my cams. Turns out there’s quite a few options and a growing number...
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There’s a ton of rock climbing blogs, but not all that many magazines. I wanted to give a quick rundown of all the rock climbing mag’s out there and why you might want to subscribe to them....
We just wrapped up a visit to Outdoor Retailer (the biggest climbing trade show) where we heard about a ton of new and exciting climbing gear coming out in 2014. We captured a TON of video to share with...
There is no difference whether you refer to your safety zone as a bouldering pad, crashpad or crash mat, foam pad, a mattress, or if you’re totally old school, “carpet.” It wasn’t...
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