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Magnetron Technology™: The reinvention of the auto-locking carabiner, coming July 2012
Throughout the decades, we’ve been at the forefront of revolutionary carabiner design here at Black Diamond Equipment—from Yvon Chouinard’s original ovals; to the climbing world’s first-ever wiregate, the HotWire; to the crossload-eliminating belay carabiner, the GridLock. Never satisfied with the status quo, we’re always striving to develop the next great carabiner design innovation, which has led us to our latest game-changing advancement: Magnetron Technology™. What’s so special about Magnetron Technology? One word: magnets. Yes, that’s right—locking carabiners that utilize magnets and not twistlocks or screwlocks on the gates. Available on select locking carabiners in July 2012, our patent-pending Magnetron Technology is so revolutionary we decided to share a...
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GROUPS WE SUPPORT: Rocky Mountain Field Institute
We take a large amount of pride in our history of outspoken advocacy for conservation and access causes (locally, regionally and globally), as well as in our efforts to support conservation, education and recreation groups that are on the front-lines of protecting and preserving the wild lands we love and... [READ MORE]
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GROUPS WE SUPPORT: HERA Climb4Life
We take a large amount of pride in our history of outspoken advocacy for conservation and access causes (locally, regionally and globally), as well as in our efforts to support conservation, education and recreation groups that are on the front-lines of protecting and preserving the wild lands we love and depend on,... [READ MORE]
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Summer Instagram Contest Winners Announced
On August 1, 2012 we launched our inaugural Summer Instagram Contest. We asked our fans and followers to submit current Instagram photos of their summer activities or what represented the summer season to them. We received over 1400 entires and some of them were incredibly creative. We whittled it down to 16 finalists and had a voting... [READ MORE]
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GROUPS WE SUPPORT: Adirondack Mountain Club
We take a large amount of pride in our history of outspoken advocacy for conservation and access causes (locally, regionally and globally), as well as in our efforts to support conservation, education and recreation groups that are on the front-lines of protecting and preserving the wild lands we love and depend on, and... [READ MORE]
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19th Annual Utah Avalanche Center Fundraising Party at Black Diamond in SLC
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