General Climbing Discussion

Topic	Date	User
When do climbers replace their gear? wires-cams...	4-Aug-2003 At 3:24:45 PM	dodgy
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For climbing most buckles are aluminium alloy, for industrial use steel. Some alpine harnesses (eg. Black Diamond BOD) use plastic buckles on the leg loops in an "unloaded way. I'd be surprised if you would see rust on a rock harness buckle nowadays. And I don't think you will see plastic buckles in load areas for a while yet. If you see a white buildup on alloy buckles this is the alloy "self protecting" and is not really the same as rust, the buildup stops as soon as the area is covered and doesn't "eat" the metal.

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