[TowerTalk] gorilla hooks

[D Calder]

51 if that is young. The triple self-lockers won't come open and get you
hurt or killed! They do take getting used to, so you can open with one hand.
There is a nack.


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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger (K8RI)
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 1:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] gorilla hooks



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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> 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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