My first spilces

[treeclimber165]

That's great, Nick- but I paid $48 for this sling and I'm not willing to kiss it goodbye in the mail without getting some use out of it. Maybe when I start buying the stuff in bulk and have some 'extra' laying around I can do that.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I don't have anyone test my knots, so why test my splices?

Mike, if you aren't using a dynomometer in a test, what value does it have?

Like a knot, if it is done properly and dresses neat, it is a usable peice of equipment.

 

[Froggy]

splices

My boss was telling me of a scarry situation. A friend of his was using the split tail system wit splices. He got about 30ft up and the splice failed him. He got the ropes spliced by a very well known compay. It could have cost him his life. How do you put your life in the hands of technology if you've already seen it fail?

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

How did it fail?

I inspect my splices before I climb, just as I inspect my knots regularly.

knots and splices are the same tech. Friction applications to secure a rope. they are usualy more efficient in their ussage.

I seen knots fail, it was due to not checking them prior to loading.

 

[Froggy]

Splice

The guy who it failed on is an experianced climber. He checks his knots,splices,ropes,and rigging before every climb. The splice looked good. From what I under stood on his way up the splice came appart. Releasing him from his climbing line. He sent it back and the company said it was just a rare defect in the way it was spliced. So I guess you can say it all depends on who spliced it. As he did more research. It had happened to a few others. It came down to what they were using to splice the rope couldn't hold the two to one ratio the climber was putting on the rope.

 

[rborist1]

:Eye:

 

[Nickrosis]

Awesome! It's a great skill to have. We're splicing away here in the SSA laboratories.

Nickrosis

 

[hillbilly]

Photo-illustrated splicing instructions

Here are some photo-illustrated splicing instructions for various
kinds of rope, might complement the instructions from NE and Samson.
http://www.englishbraids.com/products/marine/howtosplice.html