Stojan Burnik¹, Blaz Jereb¹, Milan Coh¹

¹Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DYNAMIC CLIMBING ROPES

MEHANSKE LASTNOSTI DINAMIČNIH PLEZALNIH VRVI

Sport Mont 2011, IX(28-29-30), 9-14

Abstract

Climbing rope is certainly one of the most important pieces of climbing equipment. On market there are many manufacturers of dynamic climbing ropes and even more of their products. All the ropes meet the requirements of the standards, which ensure that the ropes are safe enough for use in climbing. However the requirements are set only under certain conditions. In reality climbing ropes are exposed to various conditions that are many times different to those set by the standards. Consequently there are many different falls, which lead to very different loads of impact. By using appropriate method of testing rope samples made by three different manufacturers we discovered that there are differences between all three manufacturers. This leads us to a suggestion that standards should be improved.

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