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Ropes — Core vs Sheath Strengths

There was a thread here a while ago about core and sheath strengths. It got me curious, so I asked the owner of BlueWater for some data on their Canyon and Canyon Pro ropes.

Canyon Pro gets virtually 100% of its strength from the core. This is due to the fact that the Spectra core doesn’t stretch much compared to the polyester sheath.

Canyon rope gets 76.56% of its strength from the core. Nylon core, polyester sheath.

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AuthorRich Carlson
DateFebruary 7, 2005
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