Falls on slings!! You should see this....... quite surprising.

[Rick Riding]

An interesting test video which opened my eyes to the limitations of equipment. And being a fat bastard ie. more than 80kg....a little worrying!

The morel of the story....tie in with your rope. Don't attach to the belay with a sling only and certainly dont then step above it.

http://www.dmmclimbing.com/video.asp?id=5

Rick

[Derek Kenyon]

Well spotted Rick it is certainly worth a look at it has opened my eyes a tad.

Derek