What Is Anodized Climbing Gear, and How Does Anodization Work?
I always thought that anodizing a piece of climbing gear simply meant that it had a color applied to it somehow, but the anodization process does much more than that and is more interesting than I thought it would be.
The video below walks us through the entire process and talks about why anodization is important. It gets a bit scientific in parts, but it’s still a fascinating look at one of the many reasons that modern climbing gear is as bombproof as it is.
Anodising from DMM Climbing on Vimeo.
Pretty neat, eh? Here’s a screenshot from the video, showing what will happen to a non-anodized carabiner that’s been hanging on a sea cliff for a decade or more: