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 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 9. 50kn Reddit Thread 103kn dyneema sling test Climbing gym falls episode