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not sure if this has been brought up before, figure i would share. i landed in a river last month and had my break cord in my rig, it got wet and i let it dry. i went to do my first static line last night. i took my break cord out at home, pulled on it lightly and it broke. tried in a few more spots and it was falling apart in my hands. going to order a some online and will always throw break cord away if it gets wet. oh and first static line went great last night with fresh break cord!

Congrats on the first static line!!
Height? Solo? Object type? New?

Not poaching, just curious cause
my first S/L was a solo, open,
urban, crane, scary, rewarding.

Big kudos for being smart enough to
test the strength of your gear before
even leaving the house!!

 

Nice. I know that with climbing gear they say that nylon slings etc. lose alot of their tensile strength when wet.

260 freestander.
opened the object a week before and went handheld, figured be a good object to do first static line off. I read some of post about your takeaway static line, doesnt really mention how to build one with dacron line, how to make loops. you know where i can find more info on this?

Funny you should ask...

I am currently drafting a "how to"
document for Mick. Drop me a PM
& I'll send the link when complete.

FYI - to make a loop w/ dacron you
simply finger trap a piece line into
itself using a tool, some wire or fid.

See link and 2 photos:

http://en.wikipedia.org/.../Chinese_finger_trap

From sailing experience I can tell you that nylon ropes lose about 10% of their strength when wet. I'm no sure how this would translate into webbing though. I used to climb many moons ago, fortunately I never tested the breaking strength of ropes or webbing.

i like mine super wet

yeah, but saying that nylon looses ~10% of its breaking strength while wet is irrelevant, and very different than it also losing ~10% of its breaking strength after its been wetted and then dried. If you take a climbing rope, wet it, then dry it it will still be strong as ever. Climbing ropes/quickdraws/all climbing soft goods get wet all the time and people still climb on them, this case is different since the water caused obvious permanent deterioration of the break cord.

Unless your doing a low S/L jump in a rainstorm.