Fixe feels that more emphasis should be placed upon the type and quality of hardware used during equipping and maintaning rock climbs worldwide. The average climber spends thousands of dollars purchasing and maintaining their own personal safety equipment. The presumption that the fixed hardware at any given crag will arrest a fall is commonplace. The visual and physical inspection of hardware by climbers should be practiced.

Fixe Hardware is at the forefront of development & testing in an effort to make our sport as safe as possible. The following information was developed to assist climbers, route developers, climbing gym manufacturers and the general safety industry in making choices & decisions in regards to the placement and use of Fixe Hardware.