Talk:American death triangle

message: On first reading, I was somewhat confused as to what was being described in this article. I am familiar with climbing gear, and some anchors, but not this type of anchor. I think a diagram or photo is needed. (After looking at one of the references with pictures it became much clearer) --Ozhiker 00:05, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *Your wish is my command. Frankly, I couldn't quite picture what was being described either, and I can't tell you how many times I've used those. I have my doubts that there have ever been any deaths associated with these so-called death triangles. Nobody in their right mind would use slings like that for anything but rapelling. --Mud4t 09:48, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diagram needed 

message: I'm not a stickler, but with physics, there is no such thing as 'weight' - all instances should use the proper term 'Mass'. Its more valid and encyclopedic.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.219.169.25 (talk) 00:04, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Weight = mass multiplied by the acceleration due to gravity. It is not the same as mass. --99.100.66.70 (talk) 00:00, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology 

message: I am not competent enough with vectors to feel comfortable editing this article, but I am not convinced that the table or the equations are correct.  I tried to recreate those values, and was not able to.  The notation in the equations is highly non-standard in layout and structure.  I teach engineering at the collegiate level, and even with my experience, I cannot comprehend the hand-waving that goes on in the realm of "These values are derived from the vector analysis."
This article is so screwed up, I am at a total loss as to even comprehend how on earth to fix it.  This might fall into the very narrow category of better-off-deleted and allow it to be re-born in a different incarnation".  Even the title sounds of bias, assuming Americans have a preponderance for killing themselves by overloading anchors.  In practice, I have never heard it called this, but more typically the "Triangle of Death" or "Death Triangle"   Tim 165.234.0.138 (talk) 23:47, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correctness 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Why is it called the "American death triangle"?  Was it in the army manual providing bad info to a generation of climbers or something?96.241.177.111 (talk) 02:55, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology? 

message: This article could use some more diagrams to illustrate the "better methods" described, and possibly demonstrate how they are better. Edderiofer (talk) 23:07, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diagrams to illustrate the "better methods" described