General Climbing Discussion

Topic	Date	User
Thinking in the tub	14-Sep-2010 At 12:31:57 PM	jkane
Message
On 14/09/2010 nmonteith wrote: >The top biner on a quickdraw (the one that clips the bolt) is likely to >wear out if you do a lot of dogging on fixed hangers and bolt plates. These >hangers have sharp edges that notch into the biner - and slowly over time >the actual diameter of the biner will be reduced. I know I have several >of my 'old favorites' that have some seriously big notches worn into them. And in case you didn't know, this is why you should not swap the biners over i.e. always use the same one for the rope end of the draw. The damaged biner can cause damage to a rope during a fall or lower off.

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