dropped carabiner

[Martyn Amos]

Grass, soil or something harder like concrete?

 

yes,grass and soil.,no crete

[lendahand]

The very best of climbers drop allsorts from spanners to Brand new topping saws that's why I never ever stand below even for a second other than to tie on.

[Gollum]

I have done a few tests on old Karabiners, especially the ones that have bin dragged along the ground on the end of short strops,

some of them hold at 30kn and some brake at only 4kn.

Depending on manufacture.

[Martyn Amos]

I have done a few tests on old Karabiners, especially the ones that have bin dragged along the ground on the end of short strops,

some of them hold at 30kn and some brake at only 4kn.

Depending on manufacture.

 

this karabiner is one i use in a work posistioning lanyard,so its not used as a main line climbing kara

the drop was about 30 feet and the fall was slowed down by the branches,then the biner landed on grass/earth/?

[LimbWalker]

I would continue to use it.. This stuff is meant to be rugged, it's going to be perfectly fine after falling out of a tree.

[Frank]

Id like to investigate further-more into the events as they unfolded. Rather than the potential weakening of equipment that may or may not have happened as a result.

 

How exactly does one drop a karabiner??? Or anything else for that matter.

Talk us through these events so we can build up a better picture then we could all laugh at you for being clumsy. Haha.

[liamjordan]

i would probably still use it depending on the fall, if it was a bad fall i would use it on a tool strop or somthing like that

[Mark Bolam]

If you don't want it mate, I'll have it....

[dandkgroundcare]

use it for chainsaw strop

[Mark Bolam]

I would happily throw every carabiner I've got onto grass from 30 feet.

 

And probably have done a few times when things aren't going well....