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Cordalettes 23-Mar-2004 At 11:05:34 PM Tel

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I am realising this is an old discussion, but didn't want to start a new thread seeing it is about the same thing , I think.Previous discussion mentions testing strengths ect.. well maybe this will be useful.... possibly too old though yr 2000.

http://www.xmission.com/~tmoyer/testing/High_Strength_Cord.pdf
Comparative Testing of High Strength Cord.

Now about those Cams ...Re: who is the manufacturer. It was suggested that the slings were on the dodgy side and so should be replaced. The advice, which I took, was to use spectra cord, which I did, and then was told to use a double fishermans knot. So after spending 27 dollars for cord and then a substantial amount of time doing this I now have new slings.
After what I thought was an excellent achievement( never tied a fishermans before) I thought a read in the good book of farming (rockclimbing getting started G Tempest) to cap the night off. I then recoiled in horror wherein it states that spectra requires a triple fishermans knot.
So basically what I am wanting to know is ....have I been led up the garden path and dropped down the wishing well, with regards to the info I have been given, or, is a double sufficient.

doomed to be a bumbly I am sure
terry