So I went to the C3's to save cost.
......me? i'd throw it on the rack, not give it a second thought. aid climbing will subject the piece to more cumulative abuse on one route, just about guaranteed. IMO, the axles and lobes will defore before that particular cable will snap. of course, you realize that the piece is rated for 8kN to begin with, right? that's only 1800lbs. caveat: one should NEVER rely on a single piece of gear to save oneself from certain death or mutilation. if faced with such a situation, it would be prudent to place an additional piece from the same stance before advancing, no matter how new the initial piece is. sometimes rock fails before the gear does.Gaar wrote:I was just wondering what some people who have been doing trad longer then me would do in this situation.
Maybe I should have read this before my last post. I still think you should send it in though. It's worth a few bucks shipping if you get a new cam out of the deal. And if not, give it to Rick for testing.Gaar wrote:Does this sound like and oxeymoron?So I went to the C3's to save cost.
The cam is shot
Donating it to Muir Vally R&D department (ie Rick Weber)
The head got compressed in the fall and the main axel is bent....(wow that sounded sexual).....you can get the lobes to engage with two hands and about a minute of work, not something I really want to try while climbing....
I'm sure the tensil strengh is fine but, unless I'm going to use it for aid climbing (i'm not) its really not worth it to keep for practical use