Nonimouse
Cynical old bastard
There are two types of wire cable:
Cheap crappy aerolon (sp) cable - designed to be taught all the time and galvanised
Nice, expensive, steel cable, often with a greased cord through the centre, more strands than above; not galvanised and very flexible. Rare these days as a fitted from standard. Nice stuff.
Oddly enough synthetic is a lot stronger than urban legend would have. In the right hands it can take a massive amount of abuse. It's far safer, gets you out of a crappy situation easier. It's cool stuff.
I've worked it shifting timber and with chains or a choker it's actually easier on the drag if you think of the route.
One of the UK's best challenge teams manged a top ranking place over the season and used the same ropes over all the rounds. Okay it was Dyneema Bowrope which is heat treated on the outer sheath for abrasion wear and it was 12mm, but all the same.
I used to be totally dead set against synthetic but now, I'd have to think hard about not using it - however it's each to his own...
Cheap crappy aerolon (sp) cable - designed to be taught all the time and galvanised
Nice, expensive, steel cable, often with a greased cord through the centre, more strands than above; not galvanised and very flexible. Rare these days as a fitted from standard. Nice stuff.
Oddly enough synthetic is a lot stronger than urban legend would have. In the right hands it can take a massive amount of abuse. It's far safer, gets you out of a crappy situation easier. It's cool stuff.
I've worked it shifting timber and with chains or a choker it's actually easier on the drag if you think of the route.
One of the UK's best challenge teams manged a top ranking place over the season and used the same ropes over all the rounds. Okay it was Dyneema Bowrope which is heat treated on the outer sheath for abrasion wear and it was 12mm, but all the same.
I used to be totally dead set against synthetic but now, I'd have to think hard about not using it - however it's each to his own...