UKC

http://www.redriverclimbing.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=13270

Interesting event.

Related:
http://blackdiamondequipment.com/en/experience-story?cid=qc-lab-dangers-of-...
Mentions indoor Czech incidient of a biner cutting a rope, too.

In reply to needvert:

Well I suppose it was moderately interesting 4 years ago. He was a fool for clipping it.

In reply to jimtitt:

Woops, didn't realise it was so old. 5" screen...Some details get missed.

Still was news to me that such things were happening in the world, looking at that biner in the photo, I'd not have guessed it could completely cut a rope in a fall. Hell there's a good chance I'd have fallen into the fool category and clipped it.

In reply to needvert:

These days it is quite a well known danger at popular sports cliffs. Bisharat had a piece on Evening Sends recently about making up QDs with steel bent gate krabs if you are going to leave draw on a project you are working http://eveningsends.com/climbing/blue-steel-permadraw-solution/

In reply to jimtitt:


I sometimes think a fool is just somebody who doesn't think of things one finds obvious?

It seems to be the definition most people go by...