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Cordalettes 2-Oct-2003 At 5:59:22 PM DC

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I just replaced my 7mm cord as I was using it for top roping and when taking the anchor down found that it had rubbed down to the core. Although this was probably my own fault my replacement cord is 8mm and 12m long compared with 7mm and 10m long. I must admit that I have noticed a little bit of extra weight, but I have found having the extra width and length has made a lot of set ups at Araps much easier due to the distance between the edge and placements. If you are using your cord in a loop and equalising off three pieces then tying an over hand knot then effectively you have 6 lengths of 1000kg rated rope to the knot and three loops to clip your screw gates in. I'd be more concerned about the quality of the placements than the strength of the cord. I have used this method on up to 5 placements when the gear has been poor.