Perhaps you'd survive 12kN in a full body harness (based on the old WW2 parachute tests), but in a climbing harness you'd be a very bit damaged.
One aspect of the testing is that, as the top load spreader bar can swing in space, all the tests where the slings were knotted allowed the rig to equalise. The loads would be higher, and the slings 'more broken' if they were tested on 2 fixed anchor points. |