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How to Clean Carabiners

by Tom Markiewicz on July 28, 2009

Stewart Green writes up a mini-guide on how to clean your carabiners (including what not to do).

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How Black Diamond Creates Carabiners

by Tom Markiewicz on May 21, 2009

I always find articles and videos on how climbing gear is constructed quite fascinating. A couple months ago I posted a video on how DMM makes carabiners and now Backcountry.com has written an article on Black Diamond‘s process of making carabiners from start to finish.

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Black Diamond Tests Catching Falls on Rope-Worn Biners

by Tom Markiewicz on April 23, 2009

Kolin Powick of Black Diamond tests what happens when catching falls through rope-worn biners. It’s not the ultimate strength of a rope-worn biner that makes me the most nervous; it’s the risk of cutting a rope. As the biners get grooved or “trenched” from rope wear, a sharp edge begins to form on the sides—and [...]

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The Making of a Carabiner at DMM

by Tom Markiewicz on February 23, 2009

UKclimbing.com linked to a fascinating video on how carabiners are made at DMM. DMM, named after Denny Moorhouse, has been busy making climbing hardware since 1981. DMM started life in a small barn in Bethesda, near the slate quarries of North Wales. Now their factory is in Llanberis and DMM employ 130 people, making them [...]

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