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This is great stuff, thanks for taking the time to get the detail posted.
Have you ever done testing to see when a 'cross loaded carabiner' (https://saddlehunter.com/community/index.php?threads/examples-of-dangerous-carabiner-loading.2599/) would fail if used instead of the triangle quick link pictured?
Hope that makes sense.
Carabiners for canopy anchors - crossloading and loading over edge
Hello, I have found that a lot of people on this forum say using a carabiner as a canopy anchor is unsafe. The main concern is that the carabiner could be "cross loaded". I did a bit of research and the term "cross-loading" seems to only be used when the carabiner is loaded sideways (on the...
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A decent sized tree is very different than a hard rock ledge with a sharp angle. If I wasn't paranoid after reading so much about cross loading here, then I would use an aluminum screw lock carabiner to girth hitch (with a scaffold knot, castration band, etc to keep ropes roughly in place on 'biner). The video is pretty impressive. And the video is on a much smaller "tree" than anyone here would use to tether around. On a 1 or 2 foot diameter tree, I think the 'biner would experience relatively little side loading.
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