Equipment failure

[Tommy_B]

Following the recent thread about checking gear and the importance of inspecting the equipment that you trust your life to, I have been sent this and felt that it should be shown to a wider audience. It was used to connect a grillon to a harness on a permanant basis and as you can see, it was left unchecked and considerable wear was allowed to build up over time and leave you with the end result.

 

There is wear at both ends and according to my mate who gave me this, the end sheared off when the climber attempted to remove the bolt.

 

Please don't turn this into a "I would have..." or "lets slag off LOLER" etc thread as this is not what I intended. I would merely like to highlight that this is the end result if you don't check equipment regularly and the end result could be potentially fatal.

 

If possible, other photos can be added to illustrate and hopefully form a collection of pictures that can be used to show others.

 

Climb safe guys.

[born2trot]

This is the thing .. in search for the holy grail of frictionless climbing i think people are losing the sight of the fact that this comes at a price . Mechanical devices , metal to metal contact will fail eventually . I believe if you are going down this route you have to be so so vigilant in checking your gear .

Alot of these devices are super light alloys which although statically very strong are just not as strong as heavier steel . and hence metal fatigue must happen sooner rather than later .

How many on here crash there little pulley savers out of a tree ? Are they retrieved properly and with care each time ? Do you even know how its done ?

[Tommy_B]

Its a very good point mate. The fanciest climbing system in the world isn't going to help you if don't check the basics!!

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Am i looking at that correctly?

 

Has the thin area been worn away by the Grillon? If so, can we see that part of the Grillon?

 

If that is correct, the climber was INSANE to keep climbing on that.

I'm sorry but that is just grossly incompetent and I wouldn't have someone like that in my company.

 

Thanks for posting this though as these 'alerts' are always good thing. 👍

[steve7962]

Just how long had the climber been using this million ? Must be several years surely

[Dan Curtis]

Hells bells! However did it get that bad before being noticed?!

[hazzygawa]

I WOULD HAVE..

 

Crikey

[treequip]

Am i looking at that correctly?

 

Has the thin area been worn away by the Grillon? If so, can we see that part of the Grillon?

 

If that is correct, the climber was INSANE to keep climbing on that.

I'm sorry but that is just grossly incompetent and I wouldn't have someone like that in my company.

 

Thanks for posting this though as these 'alerts' are always good thing.

 

Grillon is ally and thats mallion is steel. My guess would be that the end with the catastrophic wear has been in a "dee" loop on the harness (steel) and the end with less wear has neen chewing at the grillon.

 

Would like to see the harness and the grillon.

 

I agree about the wear, thats totaly unaceptable.

[Johny Walker]

nothing a mig couldnt cure ,

[Dan Curtis]

 

Would like to see the harness and the grillon.

 

 

and the rest of their gear!