Thread: Rope 101

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Those of you who have done working at height courses will know no stretch is bad bad bad for pretty much any fall situation.

I know what you are saying VC, roofers and the like normally work off a shock cord setup.
The harness fall rating isn’t that great.
In Arboriculture you can’t work with stretch braid as it would be like working on a bungee cord.
It would give when not needed and away you go, also the fall rate of a tree harness used to be 6 feet.
I haven’t looked at the specs in a long time.
The thread is on what sort rope to take with him hunting? for just playing around I said there is no need for a stretch cord, unless you are doing some real Alpine work.

KH