I don't believe so. Climbing ropes deliberately have a one-time certain amount of stretch to them. (And if you take a fall that uses that stretch you retire t

I don't believe so. Climbing ropes deliberately have a one-time certain amount of stretch to them. (And if you take a fall that uses that stretch you retire the rope.) While climbing is not my thing I definitely know REI sells the climbing carabiners with the climbing stuff and the lightweight equipment ones in a different part of the store. I don't need a big safety-rated bit carabiner to attach a 4oz sitting pad to the outside of my pack!