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#30820 - 08/27/04 03:22 AM Strong Thin Static Rope
brian Offline
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Registered: 07/28/04
Posts: 1468
Loc: Texas
I am looking for a strong static rope. Something strong enough to be used two or three times for rappel/belay. There are plenty of great ropes out there (mostly for climbing) but they are all very thick, bulky and heavy. I need far more light weight and compact solution. I thought I had seen a post on this board with some good suggestions but now I can not find it. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

BTW: I have a little rappel/belay experience (no expert by any means) and I realize thick rope is best but im talking about a rope for use in a 2 or 3 emergency situations only then I'd replace it. I imagine that a decent pair of Kevlar gloves make thin rope rappelling a bit easier?
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#30821 - 08/27/04 06:48 AM Re: Strong Thin Static Rope
Anonymous
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Im actually interested in this as well, any help is appreciated.

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#30822 - 08/27/04 07:47 AM Re: Strong Thin Static Rope
JohnN Offline
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Registered: 10/10/01
Posts: 966
Loc: Seattle, WA
Certainly I'm not qualified to give out climbing advice, but I keep 150' of 3 mm New England Tech cord (3000lb) in my kit. Just in case.

The problem is finding rappel/belaying devices rated to work with such small cord. I'd be interested what you come up with.

Note this cord is VERY stiff.

http://www.neropes.com/techdata/tech_cord.htm


Oh, I just found this:



Edited by JohnN (08/27/04 08:04 AM)

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#30823 - 08/27/04 12:08 PM Re: Strong Thin Static Rope
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http://www.equipped.org/ubbthreads/showf...o=&vc=1

Check out this thread. There are all sorts of links on it to various suppliers of escape or "micro" rapelling systems.

Ed

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#30824 - 08/27/04 03:16 PM Re: Strong Thin Static Rope
paramedicpete Offline
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Registered: 04/09/02
Posts: 1920
Loc: Frederick, Maryland

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