On 25/10/2010 mikllaw wrote:
>After testing a few carrots (2" about 11 kN, and 2.5" 14 kN) and seeing
>a bracket break at 11 kN, and seeing people come unclipped from carrots,
>I think we should consider thinking about carrots as very convenient trad
>gear.
>What do I mean by this?
>-Carrots aren't bomber, bolt brackets aren't bomber, and it's easy to
>come unclipped.
It might be a bit OT, but I am very interested in the circumstances whereby a climber can become unclipped from a bolt plate/carrot combination? Can anyone provide insight into this? |