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will this item work on a metal cable?
By mgo2527015
Ranked #579 - Big Wall Climbing
November 3, 2008
will this item work on a metal cable?
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By Angus Bohanon
Ranked #4 - Big Wall Climbing
November 3, 2008
No. Not at all. Ropes only, and it's intended for climbing ropes (nylon, 9-12 mm). If you could even get a metal cable into it, which is unlikely, it would probably not slide at all, and if it did it would eat through the device really fast.
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