Author: Thomas Evans
At ITRS 2014 some attendees questioned the methods used in Evans (2014). This research is an attempt to determine if the way in which a tied prusik loop is constructed alters its strength and failure location. The results are surprising; how a prusik is tied does alter its strength, though the difference is quite small.
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At ITRS 2014 some attendees questioned the methods used in Evans (2014). This research is an attempt to determine if the way in which a tied prusik loop is constructed alters its strength and failure location. The results are surprising; how a prusik is tied does alter its strength, though the difference is quite small.
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