Climbing gear: ropes, harnesses and carabiners with democratic origin
Certified ropes, carabiners and harnesses are mostly made in France (7.99), Germany (8.80), Switzerland (9.14) and Czechia (7.68). The risk lies in unbranded ge…
Sports equipment mixes brand-name makers with component suppliers that are rarely known: a bicycle frame, the gears, a climbing rope or the technical fabric of a jacket can come from different countries. Here we gather our guides to cycling, climbing and mountain and camping gear, with the origin of critical components and the method we use to check each country.