When I used to read Techdiver, any queries raised about people who were physically incapable of using DIR were dismissed by GI3 as "DIR isn't designed for mutants" - I think he downplays the whole thing as it gets in the way of the "DIR can be used by anyone anywhere" concept...
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| Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ] I am stumped on the hatred of carabiners - suicide clips as they're referred to in DIR 'cos they're dashed useful things, what |
I wondered about that a few years ago, as I was using quite a few, and couldn't see how they could cause a problem.
Did a post, to UKRS and Dnet, IIRC, asking if any people had ever genuinely suffered an entanglement from the things. First-hand experiences only.
I got a river of replies, including one or two that were potentially life-threatening - eg somebody falling-over fully kitted up on a beach, suicide clip tangled him up and he couldn't get up. If he hadn't had his DV in, he'd have drowned. That was enough for me. I scrapped the lot.
Apart from anything else, they AREN'T a good type of clip - they're lovely and easy to clip onto a D-ring, but can be a right PITA to unclip, which is exactly the wrong way round, IMHO.