Climbing Sling Myths

The image of a sling straight vs doubled vs girth hitched and it’s relative strengths float around and is taken as doctrine. So we tested it. BD 18mm nylon slings were 22kn MBS found at Straight (broke 30% above MBS or the same as the chart) Test 1: Test 2: Doubled (should get around 56kn) Test 3: Test 4: Wrapped 3x (should get around 56kn) Test 5: Test 6: Doubled Twice (should get around 112kn) Test 7: Test 8: Girth Hitch (should get 50% or 14kn) Test 9: Test 10: Girth hitch with a 22kn MBS dyneema sling Girth hitch nylon sling directly on hanger ➜Reddit Thread ➜103kn dyneema sling test ➜Climbing gym falls episode ➜Mammut Dyneema Climbing Slings ➜Are climb