Many sensible river outfitters ban non locking carabiners, with the exception of cow tails on PFDs,?on their trips for good reason. It is very easy to catch yourself with them on perimeter lines, webbing and cargo nets. The idea of scrambling over someone's deck doing a T rescue with a non locking biner sounds like another hazard unintentionally put into place to allay the fears of another hazard. Cheers, Rob G >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you're the sort of person who has trained himself to go into a tuck upon capsize, that large and heavy chunk of metal might be a hazard. The rest of his rationale seems reasonable, but only with a locking 'biner. A non-locking gate could get caught on something and cause an entrapment itself.? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 08 2008 - 04:04:49 PDT
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