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=== Safety carabiners === | === Safety carabiners === | ||
Safety carabiners are used especially for attaching climbers to the rope and for belaying. Some climbers use them on lanyard and while building an anchor. Unlike screw-gate carabiners they have different additional safety features which prevents the gate from opening and usually locks themself automatically - twistlock (double-action), triple-lock and ball-lock (triple action) and even quadruple action carabiners. | Safety carabiners are used especially for attaching climbers to the rope and for belaying. Some climbers use them on lanyard and while building an anchor. Unlike screw-gate carabiners they have different additional safety features which prevents the gate from opening and usually locks themself automatically - twistlock (double-action), triple-lock and ball-lock (triple action) and even quadruple action carabiners. | ||
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File:Triple_hms.jpg|Triple-action HMS carabiner of an atypical shape | |||
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== Shape types == | == Shape types == | ||
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=== HMS carabiners === | === HMS carabiners === | ||
HMS carabiners have the side for the rope much wider providing enough of space for belaying device or [[Munter hitch]] after which they were named (from german HalbMastwurfSicherung). Often they are also employed as the central carabiner in the anchors. Some HMS carabiners have very atypical shapes intended to prevent cross-loading. | HMS carabiners have the side for the rope much wider providing enough of space for belaying device or [[Munter hitch]] after which they were named (from german HalbMastwurfSicherung). Often they are also employed as the central carabiner in the anchors. Some HMS carabiners have very atypical shapes intended to prevent cross-loading. | ||