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I can understand how and why ratings are made for various forms of equipment but I'm confused about others. Caribiners, pulleys, ropes and such are pretty straight forward, pull on it in different directions until it breaks. What about so many other things that interact with other components to function? How do they come up with almost 9000 pounds of force on the HHiker when it depends on a hitch cord. Connecting the dog bone and biner by opposite ends and breaking it apart seems like a worthless number if that is how it is done. . If an e2e prusik cord is rated, does that mean it has the same rating wrapped as a friction hitch? Pulling a Rope Wrench apart would be a completely worthless number, wouldn't it? It just does not work that way. Again I don't see all that is involved but it appears difficult for the climbing regulations to keep pace with the fast change in technology and how it should be applied.
I would like to know more how tests are regulated and performed.
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If things are pulled in a straight line, that's one calculation, if its in a basket that's another, if its doubled up and in a basket there's another, alot miss the point of these setups.
