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Araps Easter 04 15-Apr-2004 At 9:37:11 AM Mike

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On 14/04/2004 A5iswhereitsat wrote:
>This should be added to the tech tips section on the 'Stupid Mistakes
>to Avoid' sub-section.

Done! I've put it under the abseiling section. Yeah, I've had two gear loops snap on an old harness simply by catching some racked gear on a protrusion while I stood up. Bizarely both loops died on the same climb. After the first incident I gathered my fallen gear (fortuately it didn't go far), and thought "well, the odds of that ever happening again are low", and within a few minutes later the same thing happened to a loop on the other side. Doh! .... I want one of those facy pants DMM wall harnesses with the full strength loops, haul loop, extra padding, etc.... Probably weighs a heap though.