Carabiner

Carabiners (biners) are very strong snap links used, for connecting the rope to an Anchor, and attaching the Belay Device to the Belayer, and may other things. "D" biners, are usually the strongest. There are three kinds of gates, straight (general use), bent gate (easeir to clip the rope into, on the rope bearing end of a quickdraw) and lockers (for harness attachments, and other critical applications).

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