Mixing Slacklining and Climbing Gear: Yah or Neh?

So I generally try to keep my slacklining gear (i.e. webbing and biners) separate from all my climbing gear. It just seems like a good idea to me, no one ever told me to. However, I left my webbing anchors and a few biners with some friends and wanted to rig up my slackline but hesitated over whether or not using webbing or hardware that I would keep under continuous tension would be dangerous to use again for climbing. I do not have an understanding of how much tension a rigged slackline creates or what exactly that does to the gear. So, is this just an instant bad idea or is there a rule that as to the length of the line and its safety on gear. I have a 50 and 100 foot line.

Thanks in advance and I would appreciate logic to back responses.

Henryluedtke wrote:So I generally try to keep my slacklining gear (i.e. webbing and biners) separate from all my climbing gear. It just seems like a good idea to me, no one ever told me to. However, I left my webbing anchors and a few biners with some friends and wanted to rig up my slackline but hesitated over whether or not using webbing or hardware that I would keep under continuous tension would be dangerous to use again for climbing. I do not have an understanding of how much tension a rigged slackline creates or what exactly that does to the gear. So, is this just an instant bad idea or is there a rule that as to the length of the line and its safety on gear. I have a 50 and 100 foot line. Thanks in advance and I would appreciate logic to back responses.

For a one-time or rare use, you are fine to reuse the gear. A standard primitive line typically wont exceed 800 lbf, which is easily exceeded when you take a big whipper. For permanent usage, keep the gear separate.

I was always told to keep things separate, especially soft good such as webbing.