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    ridgeline

    who's got a good place to purchase or has some for sale? looking for 50' or so. would like black, all i've been able to find is orange or neon green. looked at the sling-it, fling-it and zing-it stuff....what's everyones opinion on that? the coating makes me a little concerned.
    if it is a bright color i think it would just annoy me every time i looked up. was thinking about just using 7/64 amsteel but seems a bit overkill unless i felt like doing pull ups.

    thanks,

    patrick

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    7/64 is a good size for a structural ridgeline. It's much easier to splice eyes into (if you already have a preferred length) and just as easy to make a whoopie sling if you want an adjustable ridgeline.

    If you plan to knot it, I think the zing its (1.75mm and 2.2mm) are too small. The breaking strength low on those and when you further reduce it by knotting it, you have no safety factor. You'll be surprised how much you pull on your ridgeline. Although, it's a ridgline and failure is not catastropic, why skimp on it?

    And....If you ever need a 90" piece of line to rapel the cliff, you'll be glad you went with the 7/64"

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