Climbing Essentials
Fall season is here, and that means great conditions for desert rock climbing. At Pine Needle, you'll find everything you including Black Diamond Ultralight Cams, EuroTape, Carabiners, Metolius Chalk, Slings, and much more. Stop on by for sales and to supplement your rack before your next mission.
NEW! Ultralight Camalots from Black Diamond.
On fast-and-light missions and smash-and-grab ascents when weight really matters, the Black Diamond Camalot Ultralight presents a 25% weight savings over the Camalot. With sculpted lobes that account for a portion of the weight savings, the Camalot Ultralight features a dyneema cord in place of a cable with all of the same strength you rely on. A double-axle design allows for the widest placement range possible for each cam device, and color coding makes for easy identification when quick pro is paramount. When light is right, the Camalot Ultralight is essential.
Camalot X4 from Black Diamond.
Combining unparalleled expansion range with single-stem flexibility and a narrow head width, the Black Diamond Camalot X4 represents the missing link in our gold-standard Camalot family. The smallest three sizes of the X4 feature our Stacked Axle Technology, which uses a unique machined axle to give more expansion range per size than any small four-cam unit on the market. In fact, the six sizes of the Camalot X4 cover the same range as eight sizes of comparable units. The X4's embedded cam springs allow for an ultra-narrow head width that fits in those tight spots other cams won't. Thanks to super-durable aluminum protection beads, the X4's cable withstands repeated abrasion without compromising flexibility. We also added a hot-forged trigger bar and symmetric swage to improve handling and eliminate buckling.
Metolius TCU.
Metolius' Ultralight TCUs have set the standard for three-cam units for years thanks to their narrow head width, durability, and light weight. Direct Axle Technology™ (DAT™) makes Ultralight TCUs the lightest cams in the world! DAT allows for more placement options in shallow, narrow, or bottoming placements, and makes tricky placements easier due to better cam lobe visibility, especially in the small sizes. Each TCU is hand built, inspected, and individually tested in Bend, Oregon.
Black Diamond Neutrino carabiner.
Thirty-six grams of wiregate perfection, the nimble Black Diamond Neutrino carabiner is the ideal solution when all-purpose fast, light and strong is right.
Mammut 8mm contact sling.
For years the unbeatable Mammut® Contact Sling has proven itself as a universal and super-light webbing sling on the mountains and cliffs over the world. Very strong webbing combined with the unique Contact stitching technique ensures optimum handling, even in the seam area of this high-end sling.
Gallery
Hallucinogen Wall. Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colo.
Desert Shield. Zion Canyon, Utah.
Missed a few spots...
Abracadaver. Cochise Stronghold, Arizona.
Rock Lobster. Indian Creek, Utah.
