I thought this climbing anchor was going to be twice as strong (Patreon)
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Patrons: This is the 5th of 8 posts for March. I've been wanting to test 3-point climbing anchors for a long time and our new custom steel rigging plate lets us do that... all to find out this particular anchor broke lower than a 12kn amazon carabiner 😂 (which is consistently 18kn fyi). It sparks the question of what is strong enough if you are aiming to have a S.E.R.E.N.E anchor.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-cVlJrGYp/ This isn't revolutionary but is a nice demo of how you can minimize the force on an anchor. This sparked a conversation with a firefighter who teaches ultra-light rescue techniques and I may join in on his next week-long class for that specialized training.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBuOmWym6g/ The previous map broke and the last 5 months we have been going back and forth with the ISA to get this rebuilt. We still struggle with how to incorporate a bunch of private WhatsApp groups onto a resource like this so we can get new people involved in their areas but it will continuously be improved upon. The community page is rebuilt on hownot2.com.