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Topic	Date	User
belay loops?	15-Aug-2008 At 6:38:13 PM	stonetroll
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Inresting queastoin 'bout belay loops. To understand the answer ,one needs to know what is " cross loading ". Have a look on any UIAA , CE rated carabinner and youll see a rateing for load along the spine, rateing for gate open, and rateing for "cross loading". This cross loading is usually a lot lower rateing (as low as 1/3) of the 'binners' closed gate spine load rateing. When a 'binner is connected to a harness via leg and waist loops (that can spread apart from top to bottom of 'binner) then into a rope or belay device that may now be loading the centre of the binner "crooss loading" , you've created the weakest link. By clipping the binner into one loop (belay loop) you minimise the chance of cross loading.

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