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Wild Country Ropeman Ascender
what is the shreading affect of this device on the ropes sheath?...
By mfo2517211
Ranked #601 - Big Wall Climbing
October 30, 2008
what is the shreading affect of this device on the ropes sheath? How much force will cause slippage or will rope failure come first? Any I deal of this on different ropes?
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By scattell2002426
Ranked #489 - Big Wall Climbing
April 21, 2009
The Mark 1 DOES shred your rope's sheath. I use it to set up long slacklines and on 11 mil rope it barely fits and shreds the sheath. Though this is with a 2-1 multiplier and me pulling as hard as I can. I don't own the Mark 2 but other people use it with success.
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By Angus Bohanon
Ranked #95 - Big Wall Climbing
October 30, 2008
None at all, it pinches rather than digging in with little teeth like other ascenders. Theoretically, the camming action means that rope failure would come before slippage, but either way there is no way to generate enough force to cause either slippage or rope failure while ascending. DON'T try to use it as a belay device, that's where the danger would come in. And as long as you stay within the specified rope diameters, the rope you use shouldn't make a difference.
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