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Lifespan of a carabiner 10-Dec-2010 At 3:38:24 PM dave h.
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On 10/12/2010 davepalethorpe wrote:
>On 10/12/2010 widewetandslippery
>
>> In such a circumstance would of a lock gate decreased
>>the likelyhood of said biner going bang?
>
>I would presume that it would depend on whether said biner failed due
>to the gate being forced open (then yes), or due to the spine being cross
>loaded (then no).

I remember hearing about an incident where a (novice) kid abseiling with a fig 8 died - the fig 8 & carabiner became oriented such that the fig 8 applied force to the locking sleeve, which was done up. The force was sufficient to push the screwgate's nose through the locking sleeve, which allowed the gate to open and the fig8 to become disconnected from the biner.

Could a similar locking sleeve failure happen here?

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