Friday, August 5, 2011

ADVENTURE - Rock Climbing Carbon Composite Carabiners Considered

ADVENTURE - Rock Climbing Carbon Composite Carabiners Considered. Titanium alloys, and hardened aluminum were the favorite choices of climbing carabiners in the past. But I'm here to tell you there is a new material that is moving rapidly in the dress like rock climbing. Perhaps you've seen the carabiners new carbon composite, along with ice climbing tools carbon fiber, and it is logical that the lighter the equipment, the better the performance of the climber.

Today, climbers in the world not only compete for prizes and bragging rights, but also compete for the patronage of the very lucrative business. No, not yet at the level of the Tour de France, NBA, NFL, NHL, or European football and American baseball, but it is moving upward. Of course, these carbon composite tools of the sport are not necessarily cheap. And that climbers do not require much equipment as in many other sports, which are not free.


However, it seems that the sport of climbing is changing, and with it the carbon composite systems and equipment will go a step further in reducing its own weight. Carbon nanotubes are extremely lightweight and 50 times stronger than steel. When put together with a layer of graphene, these devices can be small and ultra portable and ultra-strong. In fact, the cables of climbers now use can also be replaced with wire mesh of carbon.

Even more impressive is the fact that these new materials can conduct electricity, which can be used to turn and run micro-film recorders climbing events for later use on YouTube, or sell gaming companies that can be used room later in the virtual gaming centers. They can also act as antennas, which means a cell phone signal in the middle of nowhere will be able to go twenty times the distance, and take readings from the GPS satellites, even in a snowstorm blizzard.

Yes, the sport of rock climbing is about to enter a new technological era of advanced materials. This means that climbers can climb faster, and seem to have more strength and agility than ever before. Some of the things that were considered impossible or highly unlikely, even the best climbers in the world will now be possible for any of the advanced climbers.

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