Charlie83
Thru Hiker
Of course there is risk of anything happening.
I was stood watching a guy erect his cuben duomid using a Carbon fibre hiking pole (gossamer gear?). Handle up. It was totally windless, and it was on the penultimate night of a windy TGO. As he tightened a lineloc, the pole shattered, and the broken end went straight through the cuben canopy making a big tear.
That made me laugh.
I would have had to walk away if id been there.