The Complete Book of Big Wall Climbing…

V. RIGGING GLUE

[CARABINERS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Diagram of a Carabiner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 70

Starting With Carabiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Carabiner Crossloading and Unlatched Gates. . . 75

Inspection of Carabiners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Substandard Carabiners for Big Wall Travel. . . . 76

Beater Carabiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Duct Tape Lockers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Opposing Carabiners and Lockers. . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Clove Hitch On a Carabiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Carabiners Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Carabiner Clutch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Locking Carabiners (Lockers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Precision Carabiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Precision Carabiners of the Personal Rack. . . 88

Racking Labels, Carabiners of Personal Rack . . . 90

Precision Carabiners of the Harness . . . . . . . . . . 91

Precision Carabiners, Personal Gear Sling . . . . . . 93

Conditional Carabiners, Personal Gear Sling . . . . 95

Carabiners of the Community Racks . . . . . . . 96

Belay Station Carabiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Haul Load Carabiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Hauling System Carabiners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Carabiners of the Leader's Rack. . . . . . . . . . 102

Required Lockers of the Leader's Rack . . . . . . . 102

Required Lockers or Opposing Ovals

on the Leader's Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Recommended Lockers on

the Leader's Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Optional Lockers on the Leader's Rack . . . . . . . 107

Summary, Lockers on the Leader's Rack. . . . . . . 107

Standard Carabiners (Non-lockers)

on the Leader's Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Tag Rack Carabiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Spare Gear Rack Carabiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Carabiners on the Cleaner's Rack . . . . . . . . . 111

Other Carabiners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Carabiner Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114