A carabiner used in rock climbing, with a safety rating of 26 kN when loaded along the spine with the gate closed, 8 kN when loaded perpendicular to the spine, and 10 kN when loaded along the spine with the gate open. Large forces may be expressed in kilonewtons (kN), where 1 kN = 1000 N. More @Wikipedia
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