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Re: [OM] Where is Nathan !

Subject: Re: [OM] Where is Nathan !
From: JOHN DUGGAN <john.duggan10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 21:19:32 +0100
That is doing it properly - and responsibly. The more I look at the other 
picture I think that it is just an accident waiting to happen. Strap or harness 
failure, or carabineer becoming unlocked - both scenarios that have occurred in 
the past - and you are dead!
 
Regards
John Duggan,
Wales, UK


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 From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Where is Nathan !
 

> Ken, You voiced my thoughts. One screw gate caribiner, and one strap down 
> from the pulley does not really give a margin of safety if there is equipment 
> failure. Would NOT be acceptable in the UK on safety grounds.

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I haven't seen our configuration in a year, but did ask my daughters
about it as they rode them at least 50 times last week. They didn't
pay all that much attention to those details, but did confirm these
basics.

The truck has a much shorter connecting strap between the two
caribiners with the lower one connected to the harness as shown. There
is then a second safety loop that goes from the harness and up and
over the truck itself. If the truck were to fail or break away from
the cable, the safety loop will suspend the rider from the cable
itself. Even the harness has a secondary attach point allowing for
failure.
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