I dropped my cam

[Dru]

Failing

 

It was an old school solid shaft friend belong to an old school climber whose rack we were using. I ran out of gear to fit the crack and was using any old gear that would place, but that wasnt the problem here... problem is a pair of swages on the inner (inside the crack I mean) (I think) cams popped and then the cam rotated around the two outer cams, popped out of the crack and actually snaked down the rope smacked me as was caught by the next cam below.

[dylan_taylor]

So did any of the full strength parts of the cam actually fail (shaft, axel, lobes, or sling) or did the cam placement fail do to whatever the circumstances were (rock qual, wierd placement, etc...). Sounds like those little old cam stops (made out of rolled steel) failed too?

[Dru]

cam stops did not fail

full strength parts did not fail

good rock

placement was a little bit off but if the swages had held the cam would have not failed.

 

try it yourself - cut two swages and place your cam then whip on it.

 

actually i fell on an old tcu once and the cam stops bent/deformed and the cam ripped out. metolius gave me a cheap new one.