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Gearspeak: What’s an “HMS” carabiner, anyway?
A techie climbing term you may come across is an “HMS” biner. What ‘da heck does this mean? If you don’t speak German, it’s a reasonable question. It’s actually an acronym for “Halbmastwurf sicherung”, which in German means “half clove hitch”, another name for a Munter hitch. An HMS biner is thus a large locking pear shaped biner, suitable for belaying with a munter hitch.
This tip is from The Mountaineering Handbook by Craig Connally.
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