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Carabiner loading 1-Mar-2015 At 10:37:55 PM kieranl

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On 1/03/2015 tooclimb wrote:
> I have concluded this. With my 27kn Kong binner the coaxial loading would
>be approx. 13kn adequate to support a shock force from a falling climber.
>Shock force being around 5 to 7kn rarely reaching 9kn. An interesting issue
>on Robs chart is the strength of two opposing gate crabs, down at 20%.
>I have a hard time accepting that but I’m no engineer.
>Coaxial loading then would seem not so serious after all ...

I'm still not sure what you're trying to establish. While I would expect that you'll get away with it, you're operating in a an undefined zone. It's not a factory tested thing so you don't know that your Kong biner will hold 13kn if coaxially loaded. You know it will hold 27kN properly rigged so why would you rig it another way and throw away half of what you've paid for. Essentially you're throwing away your safety factor.