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8flood8
Dec 6, 2007, 12:23 AM
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can i use 5.5mm titan spectra for an equalette?
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Arrogant_Bastard
Dec 6, 2007, 12:23 AM
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It's your funeral
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ja1484
Dec 6, 2007, 1:31 AM
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8flood8 wrote: can i use 5.5mm titan spectra for an equalette?
Not really. Clove hitches tend to slip in tech cord.
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erick
Dec 6, 2007, 1:34 AM
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how abrasive-resistant is it?
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ja1484
Dec 6, 2007, 2:22 AM
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erick wrote: how abrasive-resistant is it?
Plenty...what's that got to do with it?
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Arrogant_Bastard
Dec 6, 2007, 2:22 AM
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erick wrote: how abrasive-resistant is it?
7.4
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Jbitz
Dec 6, 2007, 2:27 AM
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Titan cord will work, I also find that the cloves can slip a little and more difficult to tie to a biner. You need to cinch them down good.
7mm nylon seems to have the better attributes for a cordalette according to the article below and also in my opinion.
Titan cord is a compromise. You are shedding some of the bulk and weight at the expense of maybe more desirable characteristics.
http://www.xmission.com/...gh_Strength_Cord.pdf
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8flood8
Dec 6, 2007, 3:34 AM
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right on.
i was ordering some of this to sling my big bros and i have to order it in 6m blocks, so i was just trying to figure out what to do with the rest of it.
right on i'll just get some 7mm stuffs. that makes sense.
thanks for the input
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sky7high
Dec 6, 2007, 4:00 AM
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The report above does say that titan is the high-strength cord to substitute cordalettes, but it also says that a standard 7mm cordalette is the best of all. Besides, cordalettes retain almost all of their strength when tied, unlike titan.
That, combined with the extra cost and shortened life, makes me think I wouldn't use it. Not that I use nylon cord anyway, I like extra long tied runners made from 1 inch nylon tubular webbing.
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shoo
Dec 6, 2007, 4:25 AM
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There's also the very important stretch factor. Titan cord is quite a bit less dynamic 7mm nylon cord. Dynamic cord will tend to load the points of your anchor less suddenly.
This also even more vital in non-self-equalizing configurations, such as the cordellete, in which the piece nearest the power point will take much more of the load than the others unless there is a sufficiently stretchy material used.
For more info, check out Climbing Anchors by John Long
(This post was edited by shoo on Dec 6, 2007, 4:28 AM)
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Jbitz
Dec 6, 2007, 5:21 AM
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Yes, if I was going to pick a high-strength cord to use for the equalette or a cordalette for that matter it would be Titan cord. I would not have a problem using Titan cord either way. But, again I feel that 7mm nylon is a better choice or even 6mm for my use.
Also, based on the data in the article regarding the knots Titan cord might be better suited for a Cordalette or a Quad then an Equalette.
Here is another link where an experiment on cutting various cords was performed. Not very scientific, but interesting.
http://www.swaygogear.com/hotknife/default.html
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