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SRENE anchors may go the way of the dinosaur 11-Mar-2006 At 12:15:41 AM mtnbear

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On 9/03/2006 nmonteith wrote:
>Can someone post a photo example of a sliding X. I don't really understand
>how they work.

The deal with the sliding X is that by putting a twist in one side of the sling/webbing and passing the biner through it and the other strand of webbing, you're putting a wrap around the biner.

If one side of your anchor blows out with this, you will still be held by the webbing and biner because you have a loop going through the biner. more details on it can be found in Freedom of the Hills or John Long's "Anchors"(where as if the American Death Triangle were used the biner comes right off the webbing and so do you if one side blows)

I think I will be rigging a few "equalettes" to test them out myself (found on page 6 and 7) of the rc.com thread. Looks worth a try and would probably be just as fast as a cordolette once you get used to it.

I'm just happy someone decided to take a closer look at the way our anchors were set up and started what I hope will be an evolution in their construction design.