13
Talked to a salvage diver about using a carabiner as a quick-release for a tool bag.
He said he clips his bag to a D-ring on his harness, but runs the strap through the carabiner's gate, not the solid side. If it snags, a hard pull opens the gate and frees it. Anyone rig a similar quick-release for gear down south?
2 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In2 Comments
mark_hernandez1210d ago
Yeah, that's a solid trick! I've used a similar setup with a small climbing carabiner on my kayak's gear bag. I ran the strap through the gate just like he said, and it worked perfectly when a log grabbed it last spring. A good hard yank popped it right open and saved the whole bag.
2
ninab959d ago
My old hiking buddy taught me that trick with a carabiner on a backpack waist strap. It's wild how many outdoor problems get solved by a simple, weak link that's meant to fail. I see it in stuff like shear pins on old outboard motors too.
4