Sounds like the rope manufacturers insurance company is writing the rules!
Larry Hoy
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Hlsinger@aol.com
>Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 4:41 PM
>To: WSpohn4@aol.com; mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Blatant Commercialism
>
>
>In a message dated 9/21/00 3:32:02 PM Central Daylight Time, WSpohn4@aol.com
>writes:
>
>> It is principally UV
>> that kills the material, and if you have NOS belts that have been in a
>> drawer
>> for 30 years, they may be almost as good as new.
>
>FWIW.. We did a lot of rock climbing and caving when my daughter was
>younger. The kermantle rope manufacturers said the rope lost 15 to 25
>percent of its strength in 5 years in perfect storage conditions with no UV
>exposure. 10 days of full, all day exposure to dessert sun and heat made a
>rope unuseable for climbing. Temps over 145 degrees F for more than five
>minutes made the ropes unuseable for climbing. No idea hat kind of safety
>factors they built into these statements. Reps would not or could not tell
>you. Material to make the rope is basically the same as seat belt webbing,
>just in different form. In fact, we used seat belt webbing to make climbing
>harnesses sometimes.
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