20 kN
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Aug 29, 2015
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Feb 2009
· Points: 1,346
Yet again a broken Climb X hanger photo came across my news feed so I figured I'd share.
Elden Zen
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Aug 16, 2017
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originally da Bayou, now in…
· Joined Jun 2009
· Points: 389
Had to replace a copious amount of these. Luckily this one failed while cleaning a route. It was at the first bolt. All the ClimbX hangers were replaced after only being installed a year prior. Most of the hangers, 90 in all, had a crack in the same area as the example in the picture. Scary thing is, these are still being sold.
Having most of 90 bolts fail in one year is astounding and "Scary" is an understatement. A modern double bolt anchor, something you don't even consider, could actually fail. I've heard ClimbX hangers were junk from China, but this is truly stunning.
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