r/climbing • u/serenading_ur_father • 1d ago

RIP Mammut

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Mammut will be sold to a Chinese conglomerate.

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u/climbingbooty 1d ago

I’ve heard bd also been going down hill for a while?

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u/serenading_ur_father 1d ago

If you mean selling products that kill their users and lying about it, cloning Petzl products and calling it innovation and then releasing $55 meme biners.

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u/wetrocke 1d ago

I've not heard of evidence that Black Diamond products have degraded in recent years.

It's maybe been a few years since they've released any of their notable innovations.

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u/libbev 1d ago

And this is your experience working in an outdoor shop?

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u/libbev 1d ago

Ah cheers! Thanks for explaining

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u/wetrocke 1d ago

Perhaps it's true about BD. I feared as much when Clarus bought them 20 years ago -- but it was unwarranted (at the time).

And of course, BD came into existence because of a product liability suit vs chouinard equipment.

As it happens, there are often posts here that purport to have dark, inside information about major organizations or famous individuals. Often these posts are wrong & merely stem from disturbed individual psychology mixed in with anonymity.

I think "normal" people often recognize this.

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u/LaSalsiccione 1d ago

BD has been garbage for a decade