A climbing rope is then clipped into the carabiner. A carabiner is a type of shackle used in mountaineering. The other carabiner is for the climbing rope, and uses a bent gate. The loop is typically attached to a climbing harness by carabiner. To prevent a jumar from accidentally coming off the rope, a locking carabiner is used. Cavers and canyoneers ought to fasten their cow-tail carabiner through both loops. Two distinct chains can be connected using a quick link, carabiner, or clevis. He fashions a tourniquet from CamelBak tube insulation and uses a carabiner to tighten it. This is then attached to a sling and carabiner at the end of the stem. The Bachmann hitch requires the use of a carabiner. The first climber who used a carabiner for climbing was German climber Otto Herzog. One carabiner has a straight gate and connects to an anchoring device. A typical design uses a spring-loaded sleeve on the carabiner gate. While descending, Kurz could not get the knot to pass through his carabiner. A maillon, maillon rapide or quick link is a metal link, similar to a carabiner.