In a message dated 9/15/99 12:34:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu writes: <<Surely none of us uses non-locking biners!>> and << and (e) a bit > more likely to break in the event of the system being loaded beyond what my > body might survive (acting as a weak-link). Interesting. That weakness has stopped me from considering using them to fasten anything, but you have a point. Another thing, however: in cold water (or with neoprene gloves on) are you going to be able to release it easily? e >> Good points, Elaine. I'm certain SRBs *would* be hard to handle with gloves/cold hands, though addition of the quick-release straps others have described on this list might solve that problem. But I also expect locking biners would prove to be as hard or even harder to release, as would many other types of clips. I could even argue that stainless steel or aluminum biners are the *last* thing I would want to handle with bare hands in cold conditions. Truth is, I can't talk from experience on this. I've never used locking biners because of the difficulty of one-handed use and the supposition that they would seize in sand and saltwater conditions. All the commercially-available tow/swiftwater rescue systems I've seen use non-locking biners, but provide ways of stowing them in pockets or the like to prevent snagging, in spite of common swiftwater-rescue practice of specifying lockers. What are your experiences with locking biners in sea conditions? Anyone else? Still thinking and learning, Harold. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Sep 15 1999 - 13:25:16 PDT
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