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Q&A What's the proper way to establish a triaxial connection with carabiners?

I love free climbing but have never climbed with ropes. While reading through this question, I realized I would never have thought of these scenarios, but due to the answers on that post, the physi...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Jonathan Landrum‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

#2: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2020-04-17T19:04:15Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/19111
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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Jonathan Landrum‭ · 2020-04-17T19:04:15Z (over 4 years ago)
<p>I love free climbing but have never climbed with ropes. While reading through <a href="https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/1384/what-does-it-mean-to-cross-load-a-carabiner">this question</a>, I realized I would never have thought of these scenarios, but due to the answers on that post, the physics in question makes sense. But this left me with a question: </p>

<p><strong>How would one achieve a triaxial connection if loading a carabiner in this way is dangerous?</strong></p>