Biner gate opened during climb

[Mowerr]

Got my hopes up with the DMM then dashed them just as quickly. However I appreciate the thoughts and conversation. The wide contact swivel caught my attention bit. Less contact stress and perhaps the same movable, but has friction, move along the bridge action. A pulley on a bridge might flop you around like a fish. I'll have to see if someone local has a real unit I can look at. Toronto guys know that "local" can mean heading north of town to a barn. Yup. By the way, I still use the Petzl web bridge. The worst wear I've seen is a bit of frayed edges where carabiners pinch it at the rings. I feel good about webbing doing a tight bend vs a fat rope doing a tight bend, internal fibre-ally speaking. The contact area is three layers thick, it's not just a loop runner. Anyway, the's an aside issue.

I may have to give more consideration to climbing style and crossing up lines as no equipment is completely fool proof. Do a second thought on every body spin (?) or use a swivel.. hmmm.. but bridge centre congestion... happy nads ... yeah I read that part

Do you guys do a lot of body orientation changes on double systems, whether TRT, V rig, M rig line/lanyard, two SRT etc or do you restrict or preplan configuration and motion combinations as you maneuver? I know sometimes I realize I'm considering those factors explicitly, but definitely not all the time. Just like lanyard management isn't all the time, just as needed it comes to the forefront.

There's plenty of rope constructions that don't have cores so there's no hidden damage.
Most rope's manufacturers recommend are not fat at all. Certainly not fatter than that webbing bridge.
To each his own but .
all of petzls bridges have had issues in the past.(both webbing and rope). It's been documented on here.
I think rope comes cheaper BC once u settle on one you like, buy a long Hank and keep your bridge new by replacing sooner than recommended.
Hard to buy those petzl web bridges in bulk. And I'm sure it would be much more expensive.
Some people love webbing, I know i like using loop runners for other applications. But I like rope more, so I always bring up an extra prusik cord or two and I'll use those for the same applications.
Everybody worries a lot about harness rope bridge material and constructions. What I do now is just replace my bridge the second I see any kind of questionable wear that I don't like. It really is so cheap to do with rope.

 

[Jehinten]

This type of carabiner likely has the most secure gate, it requires inserting a pin to get the gate to open. Ropes running across the gate should be a non issue. https://www.omniprogear.com/Petzl-carabiner-p/pm34apl.htm

 

[DSMc]

... I may have to give more consideration to climbing style and crossing up lines as no equipment is completely fool proof. Do a second thought on every body spin (?) or use a swivel.. hmmm...

Learn how to maximize a single SRS line through placement and you will reduce complexity, and thereby increase safety.

 

[SomethingWitty]

This type of carabiner likely has the most secure gate, it requires inserting a pin to get the gate to open. Ropes running across the gate should be a non issue. https://www.omniprogear.com/Petzl-carabiner-p/pm34apl.htm

I like it!
Use it as a dummy lock on tool boxes. People trying to open them will assume that they can just open it. It will soak up time and make thieves frustrated, while still keeping honest people honest.

Reverse dummy lock?

 

[evo]

I had the crab on my flipline open and grab the webbing on my bridge riser, the following week it grabbed my bridge. I’ve also had my climbing hitch biner grab the saw lanyard when I had to toss the saw over my lanyard.

Shit does happen, sometimes I wonder if screw gates are actually safer. The on an off sucks, but with due diligence...

 

[Bart_]

The pin lock carabiner looks like a ball lock with a really small "ball" button. Now if it was ultra O shaped. I almost never detach my SRT line during a climb, almost SPRAT type idea, redundant support and all. After multi-lining for a while during a climb you just have to tell your head a single SRT space hang is indeed ok.

I can be accused of being too planned in placing my SRT line for best final results and overall usefulness, but in the case of spreading sparse stems nothing really gets you there short of resetting your line on the other side of the tree unless you use other tools like foot hold loops, temporary trunk cinches for hauling you up one after another via lanyard, or in my case a long lanyard as a DRT climb system. Of course, those trees never have a center stem that would be too convenient.

Reminds me of watching some experienced but older school fellows trim a similar maple. Ironically they were substantially younger than me. They had a technique I used a few times early on. They called it the Bear hug or something like that. I used to call it the inch worm. Get your nards and your chest hard against the stem, crush it with your thighs, stretch your chest up and bear hug that b_stard, slip your thighs up, wash rinse repeat, When mercifully close enough to a branch or stub free one arm and get your lanyard on the stub. Pant, rest and let the pain make you feel alive. Hopefully after the first stub there are now enough of them to grab foothold etc normally. After the guys trimmed the deadwood the ground guy (also a climber) joked that coming back down was called the Bear skid. There's a certain type of hazard to skidding down a stem on your belly and thighs. The first 3 feet you lower on your short lanyard (err, safety line) then you slide. Try it and you might vote for a long lanyard secondary or rigging your line tail etc. Anyway, for your entertainment.