Sources for rock climibing hardware?

[riggerrob 644]

Hello fellow dz.comers,

Can anyone recommend a source for rock climbing hardware?

Specifically, I am looking for 3/4 inch or 1 inch wide buckles that are routinely used to make fall-arrest harnesses for rock-climbers.
They are square, made of aluminum and look like they could hold a 1,000 pound shock-load.
Steel would also work well.

The end-users will be ground-launchers, so shock loads will be negligible.

[IanHarrop 43]

thought about looking here:

http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/gear/search.cgi?link_type-lt=99;query=hardware;nh=1

Don't even have to register and it brought up a long list of hardware and where to buy.

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[LouDiamond 1]

Try para-gear's website/catalog as I am sure they have what you described on hand. There are multiple pages for hardware on the tool bar on the left of the page so if you don't see what you want at first, click on the other pages in the Hardware section.
CLICK ME to go to the first page.

What I think you are looking for is known as a quick fit adapter and can be found on page #2

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[jayrech 0]

If you are looking for climbing hard ware in specific, check out metolious, black diamond as well as arcterix they are all great sources for climbing material.

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[novacaine 0]

Go to your local MEC in Vancouver. MEC has a commercial division, that deals with Fall Arrest/High Angle Rescue. I've used this department many times, for those hard to find items, for a Search & Rescue team I was on.

[riggerrob 644]

Sorry!
When I visited MEC (in Vancouver) last week, they only had sport climbing harnesses and no separate bins of hardware.
This morning, the lady who answered MEC's phone said that they only sell sport climbing gear.
So this afternoon I am going to visit Carleton Safety in hopes of buying some fall-arrest hardware.

[LouDiamond 1]

PSST, over here......that place on the interwebby thing I told you about.....they sell that stuff.....all the time...guaranteed. Just saying.

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