Carabiner: Difference between revisions

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File:gate_rock.png | Unintended opening of the carabiner might have fatal consequences

</gallery>

{{#invoke:FlexGallery|hi

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|File:crossload.png

|Avoid cross-loading

|File:gate_rock_fix.png

|Inspect the carabiner surroundings, orient the gate into a free space

|File:gate_rock.png

|Unintended opening of the carabiner might have fatal consequences

}}

Do not place carabiners in a way that they would be loaded against a rock edge. HowNOT2 recorded a measurement where he cracked a sideway-loaded carabiner below 4 kN. That means there is very realistic chance the carabiner could fail during a lead-climb fall. If you want to secure yourself to a bolt or a piton in such an inappropriate position, extend the bolt by a sling or a rope.

~~<div><ul>~~

{{#invoke:FlexGallery|hi

~~<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;">[[~~File:carabine_edge_1.png ~~| thumb | none | 120px~~ | Positioning carabiner over an edge atypically loads the carabiner~~]] </li>~~

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~~<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;">[[~~File:carabine_edge_2.png ~~| thumb | none | 120px~~ | Carabiner might easily bend, or even collapse~~]] </li>~~

|File:carabine_edge_1.png

~~<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;">[[~~File:carabine_edge_fix_1.png ~~| thumb | none | 120px~~ | Offset of the carabiner by a sling~~]] </li>~~

|Positioning carabiner over an edge atypically loads the carabiner

~~<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;">[[~~File:carabine_edge_fix_2.png ~~| thumb | none | 120px~~ | Offset of the carabiner by a rope~~]] </li>~~

|File:carabine_edge_2.png

~~</ul></div>~~

|Carabiner might easily bend, or even collapse

|File:carabine_edge_fix_1.png

|Offset of the carabiner by a sling

|File:carabine_edge_fix_2.png

|Offset of the carabiner by a rope

}}

== Gate types ==

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 File:gate_rock.png | Unintended opening of the carabiner might have fatal consequences
 </gallery>
+{{#invoke:FlexGallery|hi
+|120
+|File:crossload.png
+|Avoid cross-loading
+|File:gate_rock_fix.png
+|Inspect the carabiner surroundings, orient the gate into a free space
+|File:gate_rock.png
+|Unintended opening of the carabiner might have fatal consequences
+}}
 Do not place carabiners in a way that they would be loaded against a rock edge. HowNOT2 recorded a measurement where he cracked a sideway-loaded carabiner below 4 kN. That means there is very realistic chance the carabiner could fail during a lead-climb fall. If you want to secure yourself to a bolt or a piton in such an inappropriate position, extend the bolt by a sling or a rope.
-<div><ul>
+{{#invoke:FlexGallery|hi
-<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;">[[File:carabine_edge_1.png | thumb | none | 120px | Positioning carabiner over an edge atypically loads the carabiner]] </li>
+|120
-<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;">[[File:carabine_edge_2.png | thumb | none | 120px | Carabiner might easily bend, or even collapse]] </li>
+|File:carabine_edge_1.png
-<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;">[[File:carabine_edge_fix_1.png | thumb | none | 120px | Offset of the carabiner by a sling]] </li>
+|Positioning carabiner over an edge atypically loads the carabiner
-<li style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;">[[File:carabine_edge_fix_2.png | thumb | none | 120px | Offset of the carabiner by a rope]] </li>
+|File:carabine_edge_2.png
-</ul></div>
+|Carabiner might easily bend, or even collapse
+|File:carabine_edge_fix_1.png
+|Offset of the carabiner by a sling
+|File:carabine_edge_fix_2.png
+|Offset of the carabiner by a rope
+}}
 == Gate types ==