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Performance of New Versus Used Ropes: Slip, Stretch, Diameter and Friction
A rope that has been in service for a season does not behave like the one that came out of the bag last week, and the difference shows up in the places that matter most: how fast a descender runs, how far the rope stretches before the load is taken, whether a rope grab bites…
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Choosing a Low-Stretch Rope Diameter: Matching Rope to Devices, Loads and Wear
Rope diameter is a system compatibility decision before it is a strength decision. A low-stretch kernmantel rope that is half a millimetre outside the marked range of the descender or the backup device on the harness is the wrong rope for that system, regardless of how strong it is. Diameter also decides how the rope…