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Squirrel Girl wrote:Thanks, you guys. I hadn't thought of steel cables. I am pretty clueless about them. I have no tools for crimping the ends into loops and I don't know how a person's hand would grip the cable. I mean just using bare hands on a thin cable would be painful and difficult to control.
I'll keep polyester in mind.
Thanks!
Squirrel Girl wrote:Thanks, you guys. I hadn't thought of steel cables. I am pretty clueless about them. I have no tools for crimping the ends into loops and I don't know how a person's hand would grip the cable. I mean just using bare hands on a thin cable would be painful and difficult to control.
I'll keep polyester in mind.
Thanks!
Squirrel Girl wrote:Nylon wouldn't hold up in the sun's UV light.
NZcaver wrote:Squirrel Girl wrote:Nylon wouldn't hold up in the sun's UV light.
Pretty much all modern nylon ropes for climbing and caving are UV-stabilized. I used one low stretch nylon kernmantal rope for about 10 years caving, and then left it rigged outdoors as a zip line for another 10 years plus. The rope got pretty crusty, and I eventually pulled it down and had it tested. Loss of MBS was no more than about 10%. The strands in the middle were still clean and bright white.
Squirrel Girl wrote:NZcaver wrote:Squirrel Girl wrote:Nylon wouldn't hold up in the sun's UV light.
Pretty much all modern nylon ropes for climbing and caving are UV-stabilized. I used one low stretch nylon kernmantal rope for about 10 years caving, and then left it rigged outdoors as a zip line for another 10 years plus. The rope got pretty crusty, and I eventually pulled it down and had it tested. Loss of MBS was no more than about 10%. The strands in the middle were still clean and bright white.
Interesting! If you come out to convention this year, my land is only a half an hour away, but you need a high clearance vehicle.
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