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Quickdraws: gates opposed or same? 18-Jan-2018 At 11:24:36 AM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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On 18-Jan-2018 Grinder wrote:
>Some useful information here:
>
>http://www.fastdraw.org/fd_faq.html

@ Grinder:
Do you thumb or fan your quickdraw?
;-)

On 18-Jan-2018 gfdonc wrote:
>Article (snip)

The article is a bit of a worry, in its use of wiregate krabs on bolt-plates... & the old chestnut issue of self detachment being exacerbated by same.

>So what do you do?
>
You don’t have an option for my method, which starts out as same side, but once the solid (straight) gate bracket clipping krab is placed, then I tip it upside down so that the krab basket is on the bottom.
Yes, I know it’s an extra faff factor, and as such I will never onsight high grade climbing due flaming out, but I figure it kind of keeps me fit and makes my (mostly trad based) climbing safer due helping minimise the self detachment issue.