These long textile bonds we call ropes have come a long way. Probably since humans seriously started climbing their surrounding mountains ropes have been one of the most efficient ways to secure climbers from their exposure to falling. From the early days of handmade natural fibers based ropes, the revolutionary introduction of synthetic fibers and their first use in ropes in the 1940s and 1950s to the invention of the Kernmantle construction in 1953 by EDELRID – textile ropes for all types of climbing have evolved to a technical level where it is almost impossible in a real life scenario for a rope to fail due to overload.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Background to rope failures
02:04 - The problem with assessing cut resistance
02:30 - Past tests to assess cut resistance of ropes
03:35 - The requirements for a valid test
04:06 - Our approach to a test set-up
05:34 - Summary & Conclusion
Written Article about this issue:
👉 https://edelrid.com/eu-en/knowledge/knowledge-base/cut-resistance-of-ropes