Originally Posted by
Mouseskowitz
This is talking about kernmantel rather than amsteel so it may or may not apply. This an except from Life on a Line by Dr. Merchant which is a cave rescue book.
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So, my thought is, if a portion of rope has been flattened it may cause a permanent weakening of that section at the microscopic level. Will this cause failure with our application? I'm speculating probably not. If you take degrade 1600lb by 60% you still have 640lb which should still hold us in most hammocking applications.
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