I have no idea how I managed to camp without using this stuff before. Last week I purchased 300ft of 7/64" Amsteel Blue rope and a spool of Zing-It 1.75 throw line. Both are hollow core woven rope made with Dyneema and is crazy strong for it's size and has almost zero stretch. The Zing-It is good for 500 pounds while the Amsteel has a whopping rating of 1600 pounds (actually it may be 1600kg)
I spent all evening splicing this stuff to make loops at the ends of the ropes and back splicing the ends to avoid fraying. It is quite easy with just a little bit of practice. I now carry more rope at three times the breaking strength and 1/4 the weight and volume. Along with the rope I bought a couple of things called stingers from a company called Dutch Wear. This guy Dutch makes all sorts of little clips and hook out of Titanium that aid in tarp and hammock hanging.
There are a tonne of videos out there showing how all this stuff works. Here's a few...
Locked Brummel Splice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUwd6jNuzIE
Continous Loop, great for Prussik's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcoKeXAwBZY
This video shows a tarp set up with some of the Dutch Wear gadgets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHuUmNOwBAw
I bought my rope from Redden Marine http://www.reddenmarine.com/samson-rope-amsteel-blue-foot.html shipping was fast and had no trouble shipping it to Canada. I got the Zing it from the same place.
The Dutch Ware is available at http://www.dutchwaregear.com
I know some of this is old hat for some of you, as a matter of fact I got most of it from hammock forums which was recommended by several people here, but for others this could be an epiphany like it was for me.
I spent all evening splicing this stuff to make loops at the ends of the ropes and back splicing the ends to avoid fraying. It is quite easy with just a little bit of practice. I now carry more rope at three times the breaking strength and 1/4 the weight and volume. Along with the rope I bought a couple of things called stingers from a company called Dutch Wear. This guy Dutch makes all sorts of little clips and hook out of Titanium that aid in tarp and hammock hanging.
There are a tonne of videos out there showing how all this stuff works. Here's a few...
Locked Brummel Splice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUwd6jNuzIE
Continous Loop, great for Prussik's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcoKeXAwBZY
This video shows a tarp set up with some of the Dutch Wear gadgets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHuUmNOwBAw
I bought my rope from Redden Marine http://www.reddenmarine.com/samson-rope-amsteel-blue-foot.html shipping was fast and had no trouble shipping it to Canada. I got the Zing it from the same place.
The Dutch Ware is available at http://www.dutchwaregear.com
I know some of this is old hat for some of you, as a matter of fact I got most of it from hammock forums which was recommended by several people here, but for others this could be an epiphany like it was for me.
