If you'll notice I said "figured out a way to use" them. Didn't actually need to *do* it though, the stuff I was workin with was small enough diameter that a method like that wasn't needed. But I tend to work new and unused rigging problems in my head while I'm working with stuff, so I just figured it out from lookin at it. Didn't actually do it.
As far as shockloading my decenders. I have a twisted 8 and an atc that have been used for bodyweight only. The other assortment has all been shock loaded, but I'm *tempted* to think that my new steel rack could hold my body weight for a rappel. It's rated at 20,000lb, tested at 2Klb, and I've only actually lowered stuff up to about 400lbs on it.
As long as it's inspected daily and such, what's the general opinion out there?
Hypothetically of course (peers at some of you), if you had a 72kN rated NFPA cert'd steel locking biner that you use for rigging, and you needed it for personal gear use for whatever lame-ass reason, you could probably get away with using it without some catastrophic metal failure due to your bodyweight. Just that you wouldn't want to make a habit out of that right?