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Posted by Mark Richardson on Jan 29, 2026

Lifelong mountaineer Larry Penberthy formed MSR with a single purpose: to improve the safety of climbing equipment. It was the 1960s, and the Seattle engineer’s independent field tests had revealed that gear was often failing at loads far lower than its advertised specs. That one-man crusade grew into a pioneering gear company known for its cutting-edge engineering. Today, many MSR inve …
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