Black Diamond Harness Sale One of the most important pieces of climbing gear you can purchase is a harness. comfortable, light weight, easily adjustable, gear loops, haul loop,and more are all features that need to be considered when buying a new harness. Touchstone stocks a number of great options and through September, we'll be offering 25% off great Black Diamond harnesses including the Momentum SA, the women's Primrose, the Wiz Kid, and more.



Chris Mac offers some great advice about buying a harness in the video below.


Do to safety reasons, all sales on climbing harnesses are final. Stop by Touchstone and get a great deal on a new harness!

Labels: Black Diamond, climbing harness sale

  ¶ Wednesday, September 07, 2011 0 Comments

  Making Carabiners Last week, while in Salt Lake City, I stopped by the Black Diamond headquarters. Bill Belcourt, the climbing hard goods manager gave me a tour of the factory. We stopped by the quality assurance department, where 10% of all Black Diamond equipment ends up. The QA guys spend most of their days breaking cams, carabiners, and belay devices to ensure proper safety. It's heart breaking to see the tons of new cams and perfectly solid carabiners being broken but it's nice to know that the gear is being properly tested. They also provided a tour of the factory and showed how they make carabiners and cam heads in their Salt Lake factory. It's exciting stuff to see the metal being bent, heated, cooled, and set into a new piece of gear. Check out this cool video of how carabiners are made.

Manufacturing the Black Diamond GridLock belay carabiner from Black Diamond Equipment on Vimeo.

Labels: Bill Belcourt, Black Diamond, Carabiner, cold forged carabiners

  ¶ Wednesday, April 27, 2011 0 Comments

  Rocklands Video With the return of a number of Touchstone climbers from an epic trip to South Africa's Rocklands, there's been a lot of excitement about the awesome sandstone. Check out this Black Diamond video of Nalle Hukkataival crushing it.

ROCKLANDS: Black Diamond Climber Nalle Hukkataival visits South Africa's famed boulders from Black Diamond Equipment on Vimeo.

Labels: Black Diamond, Nalle Hukkataival, Rocklands

  ¶ Monday, September 07, 2009 0 Comments

  Birth of a Carabiner Ever wonder how some of the climbing gear that you trust with your life is made? Well Backcountry.com has posted an interesting article on how Black Diamond makes their carabiners. They not only describe the process but also include lots of pictures and even a few videos, including the one below.

And if you are not really interested in how a carabiner is made, watch the video below just for some super funky Herbie Hancock.

Labels: Black Diamond, Carabiner, Herbie Hancock

  ¶ Monday, June 01, 2009 1 Comments