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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...
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<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>