peter wrote:

For a thorough explanation of the dangers of falling even short
distances on a static rope see he
http://www.southeastclimbing.com/faq...all_factor.htm

Interesting that they state the elasticity of a static rope at as little
as 0.5% - 1.5%

That means a 1m fall would result in deceleration from about 4.5m/sec to
rest in (say) 1cm - or about 1000G if my sums are right!

As they say, "that has got to hurt!"


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Cheers,

John.

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