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Freak occurrence? Bolt plate coming off 17-Jun-2016 At 10:53:49 AM sbm

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It's all well and good to say "Use the right equipment needed to protect the climb!" but it's 2016 and it's NOT POSSIBLE TO BUY CARABINERS SUITABLE FOR BOLT PLATES ANY MORE.

I asked on here a couple of years ago if I should use a pile of old 70's biners from my uncle's garage, or look for new "fat" biners for carrot-protected climbs, and the conclusion was "Oh the old 70's biners will be much better". Now that's just f$%cked up!

So if you're mikl, Macca, or Damo and have piles of old biners sitting around because you've been in the game a while, sure pick out the biners that work well, but what do I tell the kids asking what quickdraws to buy?

And a lot of them really are interested in trad, and jam, and get their feet above the gear - plenty of people in the younger generation interested in climbing beyond sport clip-ups - but it's increasingly difficult for them to get the hands on the gear needed to use carrots properly as protection.

Name a quickdraw or biner. Name one a new climber can buy that works well with carrots. Not a troll: what should we be buying? Maybe some carrot advocates should be looking for a drop forge and getting into the gear business?