ratagonia said:
It takes some practice to use this technique smoothly, but once learned, it is quite a powerful and useful technique.
Tom Click to expand…
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ratagonia said:
It takes some practice to use this technique smoothly, but once learned, it is quite a powerful and useful technique.
Tom Click to expand…
hank moon
Not sure who invented the double-gate, but Rock Exotica has had one out for some years now.
http://www.rockexotica.com/products/carabiners/rockd_bi_wire.html
The Grivel design looks more user friendly, but I wouldn’t call it “locking.”
Scott Patterson
one of the new items I saw at the OR show was a new screwless locking carabiner from grivel- the K6G Mega Twin Gate.
once I figured out how to use it smoothly, with one hand I was impressed with it. It would definitely eliminate the ropes unscrewing of the screwlock as scott experienced.
Nice. I assume it wouldn’t have the problem of getting clogged up with sand, like the screw gates either.
rick t
one of the new items I saw at the OR show was a new screwless locking carabiner from grivel- the K6G Mega Twin Gate.
once I figured out how to use it smoothly, with one hand I was impressed with it. It would definitely eliminate the ropes unscrewing of the screwlock as scott experienced.
cod. mega K6G
CE – UIAA
Length
Lenght
Opening
Closed gate
Open gate
Minor axis
Weight
YES102 mm.71 mm.19 mm.27 kN10 kN10 kN2.9 oz.
delenius
I’ve had the rope pop out of a left-leg-biner as Tom describes… But I think I hadn’t locked the biner. Oops. I was able to maintain control, fortunately.
But that was in the old days, now I’m on the CRITR and don’t worry about such things
ratagonia
A locked biner with a rope running through it is an unlocked biner.
I have never had trouble with the rope jumping out of THAT biner, but I generally use a large biner there (Rocklock) and clip in the leg loop in such a way that the gate faces out. It is not always clear which way the rope goes into the biner, and CAN have a bit of a twisting force, which could tend to unclip it from the biner.
Tom
ratagonia
practice practice practice!