Climb Safe: Carabiner Off-Axis and Tri/Quad-Axial Loading

To help make more climbers safer climbers, Rock and Ice has teamed up with Black Diamond Equipment to present the Climb Safe series. These articles aim to answer some of climbing’s most common gear-related questions. Here, Kolin Powick, Black Diamond’s Director of Quality, takes on carabiner off-axis and tri/quad-axial loading.

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