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ThomasKeefer

Trad climber
San Diego
Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 12, 2013 - 12:54am PT
So I have read the PMI study and understand fall factors but does anyone have any definitive beta on impact of climber weight on gear stability?
For example, the tests are conducted with 80kg mass falls but in practice how many people, with gear on, weigh this little? Especially on overnight trips.

What is the current school of thought on weight (either in spent beer or extra gear) and when to worry about gear stability in relatively solid rock?
rwedgee

Ice climber
canyon country,CA
Feb 12, 2013 - 01:08am PT
My name is Wedgy. I weighed 210lb solid as a rock.
Guess how I got my nick name ?? I preferred 3/8" stainless hardware. Partners usually met me about half way up.
JimT

climber
Munich
Feb 12, 2013 - 02:55am PT
The 80kg rigid test mass used was chosen after considerable testing as representing a ca.100kg climber in a harness.
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Feb 12, 2013 - 09:51am PT
80kg?
Inflation on the standard 70k man? Keeping up with the times....
Spanky

Social climber
boulder co
Feb 12, 2013 - 10:48am PT
What Daves link really shows is that the worst kind of falls to take are those close to the anchor with very little rope out. You don't have to be big to break gear when the fall factor increases. The hard thing for most people to realize is that is puts less force on the gear to take a 40 footer at the end of a long pitch (150ft) than is would be to take a 10 foot fall close to the anchor because there isn't enough rope in the system to absorb the force and as a result there is a lot more force put on that piece. It all comes back to the length of the fall/amount of rope in the system.

Although I've got to admit the difference between the 176 lb and 225 pound climber is more than I would have guessed
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