Front	Rear	Side

Front: Left Side Open for Rigging	Front: Right Side Open for Rigging

Technical Details

I acquired my ISC Klipa RP410 from Adventure Outdoors in 2021.

My ISC Klipa RP410 is 108 mm. long, 121 mm. wide, 37 mm. high, and weighs 416 g.

The Klipa consists of two 5.9 mm. anodized aluminum plates separated by ten 11.1 mm. long, 5.8 mm. diameter spacers and secured by 4 mm. round-head security machine screws. The are 8.5 mm. wide, 25 mm. deep slots on each side of the plate tops that can admit a triangular (or similar) ring. There are 15.1 mm. holes at the bottom aligned to form an attachment eye, with a 15.1 mm. i. d. spacer between. A T-shaped spring-loaded steel lever between the plates pivots on this spacer. Near the top of this lever, a pull-pin assembly latches this lever in a central position. The pull pin protrudes through an arced slot in the front plate. The outer end of the pin is drilled for a pull cord. When the pin is withdrawn, the lever can be pivoted to one side or the other. When pivoted, a spring-loaded pawl on the opposite side ejects any link that may be in place, and holds the lever open. Inserting a new link depresses the pawl, allowing the lever to snap back to the central position.

The front plate is printed with "↓" and "A" on each wing, "KLIPA" and "RP410" in the center, and "↔" with three lock icons beneath below the slot. The rear is printed with "ROPEWORKS," "I|S|C," "EN362 : 04 A," "CE0120," a book-with-an-"i" icon, "↕ 20kN," and "10/17037/02."

Comments

The Klipa is designed for so-called "adventure parks" as a tool that allows clipping into one safety line before disconnecting from another. It works best when the attachment points are triangular or round metal rings, although there are other choices that can work. It is a relatively robust solution, but could be defeated by suicidal idiots bent on self-deletion. A nice feature is that it can be released under load, which would simplify rescuing uncooperative clients.

I do not see much if any application in normal caving or climbing where the "adventure" is in a natural, unsupervised environment.