Remember that famous scene in Free Solo? No,聽not when Alex Honnold summits El Cap, but when he eats stir fry right out of the pan using a spatula.聽Well, his sponsor Black Diamond has taken that humorous bit and run with it for its latest 鈥減roduct release鈥: the all-new ($15).
Made from dual-density聽heat-resistant silicone with a fiberglass core, it marks the company鈥檚 first foray into the camp-kitchen space. And, despite the April Fools鈥 Day launch, it鈥檚 only partly a joke; Black Diamond will actually be selling a limited run of these lime-green utensils.
In a press release, Black Diamond detailed a months-long development process that included聽(fake) strength and extreme-temperature tests聽in its , where engineers put carabiners and cams through their paces.聽The Signature Spatula is 鈥渟trong enough to handle a steak, and maneuvers whipped batters, liquids, and, of course, Honnold鈥檚 pre-sending staple, scrambled eggs, with ease,鈥 BD wrote. The tapered blade is designed to flex with聽the curves of any pan, to make sure no crumbs go uneaten. And the bright color means you鈥檒l never lose this spatula at the bottom of your camping box.
Ultimately, as much as we might wish it were so, eating like Alex Honnold won't actually make any of us climb as well as he does. (This is a joke spatula, afterall, not聽a magical one.) But聽there is an upside:聽As with the rest of the gear in the Honnold Signature Series collection, a portion of sales鈥攊n this case all profits鈥攚ill go to the Honnold Foundation, which is dedicated to bringing solar energy to communities聽around the world.