Petzl is recalling all Sarken crampons, customer experience has shown that the front points of Sarken crampons are susceptible to premature wearout following heavy use. If you own a pair of Sarken crampons you should stop using them and contact your Petzl distributor.

More information is available here.

Black Diamond has released their new crampon, designed for mixed climbing or hard mountain routes, the Cyborg. It’s a semi-rigid deisgn weighing 1.17 kg.

Austrian company Stubai, has an intresseting looking carabiner, the HMS 3D. As you can see the carabiner is twisted, making the gate “swing” away from the carabiner while clipping, clearing equipment previously clipped to the carabiner.

Trango has combined a knife and a nut tool into one cool looking tool. The blade can be open with one hand but is locked while clipped to a carabiner.

Product website

One of my favorite outdoor product makers is Klattermusen, they always has their own touch on the products. Unfortunately their sizing chart and my body doesn’t match, but what do you, I still like their products..