Michael Law has tested a collection of trad gear placements to see how solid 'real' placements are in real rock. He used a hydraulic piston to pull each placement until failure. Some of the results are quite surprising - with some very marginal looking placements taking surprising loads. He tests Camp Double nuts, a Wild Country Hex, an HB Quad Cam, a Camp Tricam, and a tied off chicken head.
This extremely marginal looking hex took around 14kN before failing:
This extremely marginal looking hex took around 14kN before failing:
Images from http://www.sanguma.org/destructo/result2.php
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