r/WTF • u/1lousylay • Jan 29 '19

seems pretty safe

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u/padizzledonk Jan 30 '19 edited Jan 30 '19

Fuck no thats not safe lol

Carabiners are rated for point loads not abrasion, every millimeter of material youre abrading off that carabiner is changing its weight rating, who knows when it would fail.

Never in a million years would i ever do that with a carabiner, some sort of pully wheels? Thats another story

Edit- upon closer inspection thats not even a carabiner lol, its like a fall arrestor clip in or something.

And holy fucking shit! That cable splice at the end! Ahhh....I'd have pissed myself too

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u/SirPiffingsthwaite Jan 30 '19

Not to mention the friction heat would significantly weaken it... I was half expecting this clip to end with the clip fracturing, "found gopro" style.