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Re: [dingus] Half Dome Hike WITHOUT the Cables?:
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shoo
Apr 30, 2007, 5:04 PM
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It actually works surprisingly well in some cases, although certainly not nearly as well as nylon-to-nylon prussiking.
I ran a 65 foot climbing and rope course tower this summer, and periodically needed to tighten the guy-cables holding the structure in place. i used a come-along attached to a cemented ground anchor on one end and a 7mm nylon accessory cord on the other, prussiked to the cable. I actually broke a prussik cord once with the amount of force i put on it, but the prussiks never slipped off the cable once they tightened a bit.
The real issue with nylon prussik to steel cable is getting it to catch in the first place. A good solid yank will probably do that, such as in a fall situation. Problems happen if the force is applied slowly.
Does anyone know of any actual testing on this?
(This post was edited by shoo on Apr 30, 2007, 5:06 PM)
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Post edited by shoo
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