Alrighty I've been in the market for quite a while now, and have been narrowing down my search recently. I have noticed canyoneering ropes have a certain amount of elasticity to them, but can't find any hard evidence that 'normal' static ropes such as the sterling have such a specification. for instance i just ran across this rope today, and noticed it sports 4.5% static elongation. will that translate into bouncing like a dynamic rope during jugging, and hauling? Any info is helpful!
the classic rope instructions & rope specs pdfs should offer you more info; however the cert looks to me for 6 percent and under. So, from my own jugging and hauling, no, I don't bounce around like a sack of potatoes; granted I'm showing you the cream of the crop, which isn't cheap.
Overall, I feel the issues are probably more about sheath slippage and durability with various statics than elongation.
Interesting tid bit, and notwithstanding the ethics & natural resource arguments about dipshits peak bagging on fixed lines, I understand they restrung Everest with PMIs. Could I wish that it would now be much safer to remove all the canisters and other refuse littered about? (okay, maybe not-notwithstanding after all)
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