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Thursday, August 4, 2011

VIDEO: BD athlete Sonnie Trotter making his own carabiner at BD headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah

Black Diamond athlete Sonnie Trotter rolled through Salt Lake City this past spring on his way to Indian Creek and stopped by BD HQ for a quick hello. He said he wanted make his own carabiner, so we took him downstairs to the carabiner manufacturing area real quick and ran him through most of the process: bending the rod stock, forging the biner, trimming the excess, heat treating it, running it through tumble and polish, installing the gate, and pull testing the finished biner.

 

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  • nick
    28 Aug 2011, 8:50PM

    Good to see that some of your gear is still made in the States. You guys should seriously consider bringing back some of those jobs you shipped overseas and expand here at home; the climbing community will respect you for it. Sure, gear made in China might be as good as stuff made here, but is it moral?

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