Progression – Climbing Magazine

Petzl Reverso 3 belay device, Mountain Hardwear Runout climbing pants, Mammut Infinity 9.5mm rope, Black Diamond C3 cams – The Mountain World

La Sportiva Speedsters – straight outta bedlam

SuperTopo Guides To Zion and Tuolumne – Climbing Narc

Five Ten Team rock shoes – Sicky Gnar Gnar, Climbing Narc, Paul Robinson

Black Diamond Aura Harness, La Sportiva Mantis – Rock Climber Girl

Sterling Ice Thong 7.7mm twin rope – Colorado Mountain School

Patagonia Alpine Wind Jacket – SplitterChoss

Five Ten Copperhead – GetOutdoors

Black Diamond C3 and Oz and Petzl Reverso 3 – Dream in Vertical

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– incorrectly using a standard belay device as an autoblock device
– using multiple biners as the â??brake barâ? in order to make taking in rope easier

Regarding the multiple carabiner test, they found that using two biners increases the amount of force required to take rope in and increases the amount of holding force.

Check out the post for the full results.

(via @BlackDiamondUSA)

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Itâ??s not the ultimate strength of a rope-worn biner that makes me the most nervous; itâ??s the risk of cutting a rope. As the biners get grooved or â??trenchedâ? from rope wear, a sharp edge begins to form on the sidesâ??and the rope runs directly over it. This edge would seem to be especially dangerous to your rope during a fall, lowering or winching/dogging up. Iâ??ve had several friends whip onto sharp biners with the end result being the â??sheathingâ? (i.e., the sheath gets cut and exposes the core) of the rope and possibly soiling of their shorts.

Check out the article as the results are fascinating.
(via Black Diamond on Twitter)

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(via Trailspace)

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The Adventure Blog reviews two books: Clyde Soles’ Training for Peak Performance and Expedition Planning.

Haven’t read enough about Pure? straight outta bedlam reviews Chick Fryberger’s film.

GearFlogger reviews the La Sportiva Olympus Mons mountaineering boots and the PMI 7mm cordellete with Lumi-Line.

The Colorado Mountain School reviews the Sterling Nano 9.2mm rope.

The RockClimberGirl looks at a wide variety of women’s climbing gear including Five Ten Insight approach shoes, Mountain Hardwear Butter Hooded Topper, and the Marmot Neve Sweater. She also reviews the Bluewater lightning Pro 9.7 rope.

Kevin Jorgeson reviews Marmot’s Eiger 35 pack.

Backpacker Magazine on the Black Diamond Speed 40.

Hayden’s Rock Scaling reviews the Five Ten Projects.

SplitterChoss writes a book review on Falcon Guides’ Crack Climbing.

And last but not least, ClimbingNarc reviews BS Productions’ climbing movie, Rewind.

The post Climbing Gear Review Roundup – 4/6/09 first appeared on All Climbing.

Between working to set-up the auction and receiving my REI dividend this week I have been thinking a lot about buying gear. As youâ??ll note from my previous blog, Gear on the Brain, my decision making was based on how much I can get with my coupon and dividend but then I took a step back. I realized I shop at REI because I like supporting their amazing Stewardship Program. So what if I based my brand decisions on something greater? In a time when corporations are cutting their charity budgets how can I show them my support? Easy, show it with my dollars. Buy from organizations that give back.

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Jay Young at RockClimbing.com reviews the book An Eye at the Top of the World by Pete Takeda.

Team Geared Up offers up their thoughts on the climbing film The Fanatic Search.

Björn Pohl reviews the Andrea Boldrini Scorpios and recommends a couple books.

The Colorado Mountain School reviews the La Sportiva Katana, the Marmot Cauldron jacket, and the Arcteryx S240 harness.

Climbing Hold Review looks at the Climb It Top Out Slopers and the EntrePrises Imperfect Cobbles.

Lloyd Climbing Blog covers two bouldering films: Unreal and Swedish Meatballs.

Steph Davis talks about her favorite crack climbing shoes by Five Ten.

Stewart Green reviews a new climbing geology book: Flakes, Jugs, and Splitters.

And finally, The Adventure Life examines a new portable espresso maker.

The post Climbing Gear Review Roundup – 2/25/09 first appeared on All Climbing.

Ropegun was created in 1999 by a group of rock climbers that wanted to produce simple, hip clothing geared toward rock climbing.  Their creations included skate shorts, board shorts and jeans.Then in 2002, Ropegun was brought to the Bay Area by climbing guru Greg Loh, and Jaime Grant. In 2008, Ropegun moved yet again to a previous Ropegun team member Joe McDaniel and Rey Cruz.  The pair held onto the brand and worked feverishly to put out a new design that would work for the evolving climber, and now in 2009, the time is finally here to release their vision to the public.

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Through an error in CNC machining, the inner sleeves on these units are rotated slightly to the side. This rotation causes the ends of the unit to be slightly out of parallel. Although barely noticeable in use, this off center orientation is not to spec and should be corrected. It could cause additional instability in some placements, particularly more parallel-sided cracks.

The defective Big Bros can only be visually inspected as there are no batch markings. To check if your units are among those being recalled, please visit Trango’s website for instructions.

(via Mountain Project)

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