Long story short:
a) do not tie knots on Dyneema
b) clipping into anchors with static slings is dangerous: even a short fall with FF1 on a 60 cm sling generates enough force to break an accidentally cross-loaded biner (see table below)
Knots on Dyneema slings
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Knots on Dyneema slings
by Stan » Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:37 pm
Just stumbled upon this: http://www.dmmclimbing.com/news.asp?nid=293&ngroup=1
Long story short:
a) do not tie knots on Dyneema
b) clipping into anchors with static slings is dangerous: even a short fall with FF1 on a 60 cm sling generates enough force to break an accidentally cross-loaded biner (see table below)
Long story short:
a) do not tie knots on Dyneema
b) clipping into anchors with static slings is dangerous: even a short fall with FF1 on a 60 cm sling generates enough force to break an accidentally cross-loaded biner (see table below)
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