Page 30 - Rappelling

Dyneema Sling
Comparison. Top
to bottom: 1-inch
tubular nylon webbing
(for comparison);
Wild Country 10mm
Dyneema sling (22
kN or 4,946 lbs.);
Black Diamond 10mm
Dynex Runner (22
kN); Mammut 8mm
Dyneema Contact Sling
(22 kN).

Girth-hitching two
Dyneema slings
together can decrease
their strength by 50
percent, but for most
rappelling situations
this is not a concern,
since the loop strength
is 5,000 pounds to begin
with.

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