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Metolius Personal Anchor System (PAS)

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Price: £30 (without karabiner) or £38 (with karabiner)
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Metolius innovative safer and stronger personal anchor system (PAS) #1 © Metolius Climbing

Daisy chains, which are used by many climbers to clip into anchors, only maintain their full strength if used end to end. However, the PAS maintains its full strength of 18kN through every single pocket in the daisy chain. Compare this to the 2kN of a typical daisy chain and it is easy to see how much safer the PAS is.

Constructed by Monster Webbing and chain link, the PAS is extremely strong, very easy to use and stows compactly when not in use.

With easy to follow instructions on the packaging.

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Duncan Campbell
18 Nov, 2011
I don't get why you don't just clove hitch in with the rope... loads easier, simpler and safer surely?? That's what I did in Squamish, whilst my partner had one of these, just seemed like a faff tbh... Dunc
Reach>Talent
18 Nov, 2011
Metolius PAS £35 (Comes with karabiner) Grivel Daisy £35 Wild Country Daisy £22 So in reality you aren't paying much more for it (although I suspect there may be extra wear from the sections moving against each other), what you do save is money on trousers: I'm very reliably informed that when the bar tacks on the daisy chain loops pull apart it is essential to throw away your trousers afterwards. Standard daisy chain loops are only good for 2kn and accidents have happend as a result of people clipping through two loops!
Reach>Talent
18 Nov, 2011
I can't see the point of using a daisy for "normal" use but they certainly have their place (aid etc).
Luke90
18 Nov, 2011
I think the main benefit would be in multi-pitching if you weren't swinging leads.
beardy mike
18 Nov, 2011
How is there an advantage? Just use slings or a cordlette like you would need to when using a PAS, and clove hitch to karabiner on the strongpoint of the belay...
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