I'm trying to replace some of my lost 6mm Mammut slings, but they aren't in any stores (real or virtual) or on Mammut's web site. They're all 8mm wide now.

I love the skinny slings - they double up really nice and small.

Anyone know why they discontinued the 6mm and went with the wider width?

I think it is because of that lawsuit they faced a few years ago when a climber tried to use one of those 6mm slings as a gear sling, cleaned an offwith pitch of #5-#6 cams and then was beheaded by the sling.

I don't know about the lawsuit, but I do remember a statement from Mammut that the 6mm slings "did not last long enough" to meet their standards of quality.

Mark, where did you hear about a beheading and what did it have to do with the slings? do you have a link or information relating to this accident and a report? where did this happen, I would love to read that one, I have searched for info on this if you have a link or some info, would love to see it, Wow, beheaded while cleaning a pitch? there has to be more to this if that happened. If this did happen and that is the reasoning for going from 6mm to 8mm then why will an 8mm sling prevent the same thing from happening, Would love to see this story.

It was in the latest issue of Moderate Climber Magazine...

I'm just kidding. That 6mm stuff was closer related to piano wire than webbing, hence the joke. I heard from somewhere (cannot find a reference now) that the 6mm stuff just didn't hold up as long as the 8mm slings as far as durability. I know I have retired a few of my 8mm slings already and I've had them for only a few years.