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You are talking about the other biner that Hank linked by Austri Alpin. The OP is about the Edelrid Bruce, and unfortunately doesn't say stainless or inox.

Yeah, they are upgrading the biner to steel and also beefing up the wire attachment point, since people are holding it for extra leverage. When the steel biner and upgraded Jul come out I'll wait to...

There is a 6 page thread on Mountain Project about this. It is very auto-assist centric. I'll let you read through the thread to see some of the drawbacks concerning rope feed. ...

Hey, it's ok. I work with polycarbonate and other plastics on a daily basis. It's my profession. No need to use it at all to know what I know about plastics. I don't know if it is more scary that...

You saw the link of how lockers can be broken open with figure 8's that I posted? With 2 biners O&O that can't happen.
You are also redundant.
You also have far less parts on 2 non-lockers than...

Not sure if I am reading your post right, but opposite and opposed biners is both more simple and more safe than a single locker.

2 things on this:

1- Polycarbonate becomes brittle with exposure to sunlight. There is no way I would keep this for longer than 1 year, especially in Utah. In fact, 7075 aluminum would be WAY...

It's been a while since I've messed around with canyoning in utah. However, I remember how bad the sand in lockers could get, even with rinsing.

That being said, I was curious if anyone had gone...

Well, it's hard to say.

I think the price is simply because this steel biner is designed as a climbing biner with minimal weight. Most steel biners are for industrial purposes and are quite...

Interesting. Love the idea.

One improvement: use a wiregate biner that has a shrouded/recessed nose so that the pull of the biner over the quick-link is smoother than with a notched nose. This...

Oh, was searching since hank got me interested and found some dmm upgrades, except even with I beam they are closer to 250g.

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Yeah, wish I knew, but really doesn't specify more than just steel. I'm going to assume stainless but technivally they don't even say that. Still, pretty sweet looking design.

http://www.scarpa.com/edelrid/hms-bruce-steel-fg
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This is made by Edelrid. It's using the new hot-forged I-beam construction. At 156g, it's not crazy heavy compared to most steel biners...

That's sad if true. It's still on their site so far. Even if it did get discontinued, I'd still buy their similarly sized haul bag and add grommet holes... their stuff is that quality.

Metolius canyoneering pack all the way.

The Durethane material that they use is unbelievably resistant to sandstone. Once you go Metolius you'll never go back... because it last for freaking...

Hehe, I see what you are saying Tom, and certainly the more practice you have with any given technique, the better you get at it.

At the same time, setting up a biner block simply has more steps,...

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This is true!
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Also, though, I'd say that all proficiency being equal,SRT has more chances of humman error than DRT. There are more steps required to set up a SRT to ensure...

Testing while backed up proves it's worth in gold, time and time again. Everyone would do well to heed these words.


Going to agree with this sentiment as well. Sometimes people just get into...

I think it all depends on if you suspect a spinal cord injury.

Without any of you being really qualified to discern that, I think playing it safe and leaving her lying down is the safest choice.
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They look interesting.

One thing I wonder about is the closure system. A zipper could be a pro, or a con. The plus with the canyoneer is that the straps (as much as I hate them flapping around)...

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All of my family is still in Washington state... they tell me it's been a really wet year for them.

Of course, that doesn't mean the snow pack is still there, but from what they've said...

Sticky!

While I appreciate the ingenuity of that rappel rig; for me personally, any system that requires tension on a removable piece for a safe rappel is too dangerous.

I'm not saying it doesn't work,...

:D I know Shane doesn't carry one b/c it's heavy and mostly unnecessary. I'm sure Tom would crucify me for having one since he sells his G-picks for $1000. I personally carry one along with some...

If you carry a hammer, you'll probably be doing the community a service to knock deeply grooved pieces off in areas where there are multiple deep channels right next to each other. Obviously the...