Proving that cams work!

#shorts #climbing #gear #tradclimbing

[mr.rubberduckphd]

It’s good to trust your gear, just make sure you know what you’re doing first.

[charlestidwell]

Key words- "As long as the rock quality is good "

[RandomiaGaming]

As a rock climber of 10 years I can simultaneously confirm that cams are 100% safe if placed well. That being said they are still scary in my opinion even though there is no reason to be nervous.

[cottagecheese]

As a rock climber, lemme tell you. Rock climbing equipment WORKS. It's all about trusting the equipment at times, and it's easy to do, with such well tested and working peices

[notevenclose.]

"as long as the rock quality is good"

The rock: *Decided to be bad*

[veasnatdm]

I believe him until the "as long as" part, now the trust issues is not on the gear but on how well did we used it. The risk is still there, just not from the gear.

[alanweiman]

I see them work, I also seen a glue in rip a 200lb rock from an underhang. Rocks can look good and not be. Sticking to my boulders when outdoors.

[zanetaylor]

We trust the gear, we don’t trust the random rock that you discovered 5 seconds ago, have never seen or inspected before, and could very easily be the death of you.

[maddog]

I remember when we first saw them...40 years ago. Great piece of gear!

[joshgrnbuddha]

Hello friends, I'm not disputing that that tool can save lives, but there's extra factors that need to be accounted for. It's rated roughly 2600lbs in optimal conditions(rounding down for safety). So to be within tolerance you need to account for your weight*(the distance between each placement). If you're smaller masswise like yourself and your friend look to be, you generate much less force than a heftier climber would. I feel like that's where a lot of the disagreement about those tools comes from. Someone weighing 200lbs generates 400 ft'lbs more force than someone weighing 160lbs over a 10ft' drop. Take care, be safe and be well!

[rileysiebel]

Well.. I just took a 25 foot ground fall when my #1 cam failed and I've been on the couch for 3 weeks recovering... don't trust the gear too much!

[aidangittings]

That weight seems like overkill don’t you think

[tampabayrider]

A rat line on a construction line is rated for 10, 000lbs minimum, IIRC, to account for the extra force applied when falling, and that's even with a bungie lanyar to slow the fall. I'm sure they're as safe as you can get while rock climbing, seeing as it's not a controlled environment, but 2500lbs or so isn't as strong as you'd think, hah.

[avebave]

Video 14, 826 of a man proving a tool that I never called into question works

[chrislocke]

I trust what I can control.. and I can control the fact that I'll never need one of those because I won't be climbing.. so I know I'll never fall.

[robster]

12 Kn is a lot, but safely enough for small falls. I’m gonna assume the rating is accounting for dynamic loads.

Don’t trust yourself 100% with that tool for larger falls as falling 15 meters compared to 3 meters has higher gravitational potential energy, and can rip that thing out of place. This is why it’s good to have redundant safety measures.

Basically know your tools and it’s limits, and always carry a variety of those things. Also be sure to buy cams designed for your weight if for some reason your load out is beyond its rating.

[sleepingsword]

12kn is a lethal amount of force for the human body, i wouldn’t be worried about the cam load rating at that point 😂. Source: Spanset harness training course, i am a maintenance engineer.

[DrewLopez]

Says he's here to prove that the gadget will save your life, then proceeds to show a video of his friend uaing the tool

[theochrist]

Thanks. I can't wait to try it one day. Looks very fun .

[mr.guppyjr.]

Me falls to my death. This guy “you did not put it in a good enough crack”