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Boltplates resulting in back-clipping when turned? 25-Oct-2012 At 9:08:10 AM Pat

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Not sure what your actual question is Martym, but there was a previous discussion on this. When I read it I was sceptical, so I got all my different draws out and tried them on my keyhole brackets, and I could easily unclip every draw by rotating it very lightly as in ajfclark's pics.

It was quite an eye opener.

However, its never happened on the rock to me. I think that a combination of being aware of which direction you are going to climb after you pass the bolt, using a longer floppy trad draw, rather than using a more rigid sport draw and making sure the belayer always gives a good soft belay will mitigate most of the risk.

You could always eliminate it with a screw gate and keep your down climbing skills honed, - two things I never do.