Posted by Peter Ceresole on March 27, 2008 at 12:13:56 from 80.176.146.133 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Mousing the sister-hooks posted by andyb on March 27, 2008 at 11:56:42:
I assume the 'metal closures' on 'mountaineering kit'Peter C refers to are the gates on karabiners ('krabs' in Britain, sometimes ''biners' elsewhere. Never thought of them as metal mice before.
Yup. Karabiners- they're the ones. I always thought of the name as referring to the whole hook, not just the mousing bit. And of course it's not just on mountaineering kit- the builders I see working around London use them too, on the hooks of their lifting gear.
But the purpose and practice is identical to 'mousing'.
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