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Thanks for posting Murph. I hope this guy is doing ok. Your story a long with others here is really helping me to remember how critical one simple mistake can be in our line of work!

Well said Treerhino and JP. Bad habits are hard to break but can be broken. It's easy to get relaxed when your fear isn't keeping you on your toes.

I think I might go with rated non locking biners in case I make this same mistake in the future. Not that I plan to not visually check but I always like a reserve if my main fails!

Thanks for all the responses. That is what makes this site great we have the opportunity to learn from each other's mistakes. When I clipped in I did hear metal to metal and that is why I made the mistake of not visually checking which almost always do. I am blessed I am not in the hospital or...

Was resetting my TIP so I tied my lanyard around a limb clipped in but didn't see my side D. When I leaned back and went to detach my biner on my bridge and heard a crack . I clipped into my Petzl caritool on accident. I broke my own rule because I was hot and tired. I was about 35' maybe. I...