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Richard Delaney November 7, 2014 Member content, Test Reports 3 Comments

Roping and rigging equipment compatibility.

Industrial round slings are normally used to connect a load or anchor to rigging equipment via shackles.  There seems to be an increasing tendency to use these round slings for rope based activities with carabiners.  Generally there is an awareness that their added bulk may have an impact on the strength of carabiners, but by how much?

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Richard Delaney

Richard Delaney has worked professionally with ropes since 1992 as a multi-pitch rock-climbing instructor, technical rescue instructor and rope access technician. Understanding and teaching the Physics of Rigging is a core passion of Richard’s, one based on his experience, and his prior professional life as a qualified engineer.

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