Weekend Whipper: Quickdraw Unclips Itself During Fall

Self closing and opening carabiners? This could be a great idea for a forward-thinking climbing company: a smart carabiner, a la those creepy Alexa things people have in their homes. Just say carabiner open, and voila! While it didn’t work quite that way in this Whipper, the quickdraw did ultimately unclip itself. Aislynn Trompler was climbing Hippocrite () at the Zoo, in the Red River Gorge, Kentucky, belayed by Jonathan Neville. We asked Kolin Powick, Climbing Category Director at Black Diamond, to