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hijack
Dec 21, 2002, 1:53 AM
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speeking as a steel worker in a forge I wouldn't trust it again. A force of a drop of 30 feet is enough to stress fracture the metal and flaw the edging in a nearly invisible way. only an x-ray test can confirm a safe metal flaw.
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arrrghjp
Dec 21, 2002, 2:21 AM
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hijack, do you mean that the ATC I found at the bottom of a five pitch, and have been using for the past two years shouldn' t be trusted. I've never given it any thought, it looked pretty new when I found it.
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apollodorus
Dec 21, 2002, 2:52 AM
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But whomsoever followeth Me shall not perish, but shall have everlasting life.
Merry Christmas.
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spork73
Dec 21, 2002, 3:23 AM
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ya we all die someday
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bandycoot
Dec 21, 2002, 3:59 AM
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I talked to a materials science professor about climbing gear and stress fractures. He told me that ALL metal has micro fractures. I told him about the climbing gear dropped = retirement myth. He said that if you drop a carabiner from a mile up and it lands on rock without deforming from its original shape then it is fine. Don't worry unless the gear actually thins significantly, which happens when rope runs over it over YEARS!
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