sweatinoutliquor Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 So, I have a Marmot harness that has those rigid plastic gear loops on it that make clipping easy. I was skeptical at first, but after using them for a while, I realized that yup, they are pretty handy. Yesterday, I was messing around in the back yard and accidentally stepped on one of the loops of an aider that I had clipped onto the plastic loop, and it snapped instantly, with only a very little amount of force applied (seemed like it broke easier than a pencil). This immediatly dumped the 4 other items that were also clipped into the same loop. Has anyone else out there found that these loops are super easy to break? I would have been pretty bummed if I was actually on a climb and I dumped four or five peices of gear, especially if it included necessary gear (such as one of my aiders) on a long climb. Also would be sweet to get hit with that stuff at the belay. I guess I am going to duct tape the loop up, but I think I may find it harder to justify putting those supercheap cams or ice screws on something that can break so easily! Any thoughts on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Crash Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Petzl says their plastic loops only support 5 kg of weight. So yes, they'll break easily. drC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurthicks Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 get one of those metolius idiot harnesses. supposedly those loops are full strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Crash Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Or move to the moon: more mass allowed per plastic loop. drC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 gear sling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwallpete Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Dru not even a gear sling always works. It seems you want things that have a full strength application always. On Zorros Last Ride in Squish my body took a 30ft fall snagging a hook on the ledge which I guess created enough force to break the BD Zodiac gear sling causing 30 biners and 3X#0 tcu to the deck from 600ft or so. Now I only use a full strength gear sling My two cents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Kirby Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Is it better to take a static fall onto a snagged (full strength) gear sling . . . or snap a loop, lose a few pieces, and fall on the rope instead? I'm sticking with my Metolius gear sling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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