On 20/01/2005 rightarmbad wrote:
>The reason belay biners are weaker is that they are loaded away from the
>spine. Other biners force the rope close to the spine where it is the strongest.
Sorry mate, I don't completely follow.
Do you mean that the load carries through the 'Gate side' of the biner, rather than the spine end?
To my mind, that would mean that ovals evenly distribute the load down each side, thus being stronger.
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