Some fun fact about carabiner

 We all know and love the versatility and ubiquitous appeal of climbing buckles. But how much do we really know about the carabiner itself?

Kimjee, a professional custom carabiner manufacturer, tells you that the name carabiner actually comes from the German word for "spring hook", Karabinerhaken. The etymology is that the carabiner was used by carabinieri during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), or "mountaineering buckles" to secure items to the belt; carabinier itself is a French term.

Today, climbing buckles are used for everything from climbing to scuba diving to hot air ballooning. Although climbing carabiners come in different shapes and styles, they all feature a swinging spring door. Perhaps you have seen similar items where instead of a latch, there is a threaded sleeve to open and close the hook. These are actually called maillons.

Interesting facts about carabiner

Do you know how many mountaineering carabiners it takes to go around the world?

This question is boring and doesn't make much sense, but some people have actually calculated it, based on three different carabiner sizes.

50mm - It takes about 801,500,000 of our smallest carabiner size to go around the world. That's almost three times the population of Brazil!

60 mm - A slightly larger size, approximately 667,916,667 of this size would be needed to encircle the circumference of our beautiful blue planet.

80 mm - This is our largest size carabiner, requiring only 500,937,500 end-to-end to travel around the globe.

 

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