[TowerTalk] gorilla hooks

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 8/15/2010 7:06 AM, D Calder wrote:
> It's not a repel. It's a "controlled descent".     :)
>
> Yes, triple self-locking beaners are to be used...... You have to twist to
> open. You can still do it with one hand very easy when you get used to them.
You must be young.  I've had these for five years and they cause more 
problems than they solve. Possibly the springs in them are too strong, 
and for me they twist the wrong way for me.  They got to the point where 
I just throw them over my shoulder and put a pole strap around the 
tower. I've had beaners that work fine for climbing, but these things 
are a royal pain that make going back to the old climbing belt look 
tempting.  Once I get to where I'm going I hook them up. To me when 
safety equipment becomes a nuisance it's a hazard rather than a safety 
device.
I need to get some of the hooks that were shown in the earlier link that 
use the thumb and fingers to open which are the same as my other gear.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> 73 Dave
> n4zkf
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> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 8:42 PM
> To: Roger (K8RI)
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] gorilla hooks
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> Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>
> There are lots of clever locking carabiner designs out there.  A lot of them
> are really designed to be connected once (hooking the rappel rack to the
> harness, for instance)  and disconnected once, so are deliberately hard to
> clip/unclip.  Very different from what you'd use, say, in clipping into your
> protection or in aid climbing, where you want to be able to reach up and
> snap the 'biner into the loop with one hand.
>
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