WEBVTT 00:00:00.599 --> 00:00:03.439 so what happens if I accidentally drop a 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:06.759 quick drop 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:13.400 Rock so there is this theory that if I 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:15.600 get 00:00:15.600 --> 00:00:18.480 unlucky a micro crack might form inside 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:21.119 the Carabiner that would be invisible to 00:00:21.119 --> 00:00:22.240 outside 00:00:22.240 --> 00:00:24.880 inspection and with repeat at 00:00:24.880 --> 00:00:28.320 loading this micro crack could grow and 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:31.080 eventually 00:00:31.080 --> 00:00:33.559 however there has been many debates 00:00:33.559 --> 00:00:35.800 whether this micr fracture theory is 00:00:35.800 --> 00:00:39.040 correct or not so to settle the matter I 00:00:39.040 --> 00:00:41.120 visited three different companies for 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:43.399 this video I got access to a very 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:46.039 Advanced testing equipment even looked 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:48.559 inside the carabiners and had a 00:00:48.559 --> 00:00:50.920 conversation with metallics engineer 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:53.719 from mammut that's the lowest one we had 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:56.640 so far so maybe it will get interesting 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:00.920 maybe it will get interesting he said