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Open slings and rubber rings 31-May-2009 At 3:11:00 AM stonetroll

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On 29/05/2009 tobyholyhead wrote:
>I use open slings quite a bit without a rubber band, as they are quite
>long I double them up and extend as neccessary which leaves a twist around
>one of the biners thus retaining it a little, obviously it can all become
>a bit messy but seems ok,

I used to double back long slings for racking buy folding the sling in half then clipping the 'binners on. Which sounds like the technique you're useing here.

However when it was pointed out to me that the little "twist" that comes into play when the sling gets extended while leading, can, under certain conditions open the gate of the 'binner. Then i changed to the folding technique that is actually described in the PETZL book.

That technique is to thread the rope 'binner through the gear 'binner then clip the rope binner over the loop of the sling. ( i hope that makes sence ).

That way there's no little loop when the sling gets extended. It's considerd to be safer.

I don't know how to set up a link for their web sight ( maybe some nerd would like to do that for me ) however if you go to PETZL web sight and find mountaineering tech tips, there you can see pictures of this slinging technique.