Imlay Canyon - Sneak Route

[dakotabelliston]

I'll hold strong with my ATS..... for now. I have yet to have any of the above mentioned problems after using the ATS for almost 2 years now. I lock off all the time (how else do you get selfies?) and have enjoyed it on really long rappels.

I will mention though that my ATS seams to wear a little faster than my friends Critr. I'm a fanatic for new gear and trying new stuff. I might have to buy the critr to try it out and see how it runs :)

[hank moon]

@harness man I was totally kidding! Hope that came across.

Hank, ATS, not ATC. It slipped up the biner and pried the gate. But it was enough to freak both of us out.

I can't find the specific ATS related thread. But the content looked something like this:

http://theuiaa.org/upload_area/files...e-of-eight.pdf

Does the ATS slide easily? I've never used one.

Copy that. Had not heard of that happening with ATS or similar. Can you describe how it happened? I could see potential for that happening if the device is not under load, but hard to imagine a properly rigged one (with O-ring intact) slipping around that much.

[Slot Machine]

It happened to @Absolute Gravity. Maybe he will tell you what happened.

[Absolute Gravity]

Copy that. Had not heard of that happening with ATS or similar. Can you describe how it happened? I could see potential for that happening if the device is not under load, but hard to imagine a properly rigged one (with O-ring intact) slipping around that much.

I'll have to see if I can get a picture of what it looked like. It also happened during a swing/run out over a pothole where the device was not under load for a split second while I was moving laterally and I think it both slid and rotated ending up similar to figure 4 in that pdf. Anyways, I already was not real fond of the device for the reasons Todd has mentioned in this thread and others and after this shifting incident I felt no need to use it anymore.