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Nylon degrades relatively quickly under UV exposure tho. It's a well known thing in climbing/mountaineering to not trust the gear that's been sitting in the sun
by dilyevsky 1y ago
Nylon degrades relatively quickly under UV exposure tho. It's a well known thing in climbing/mountaineering to not trust the gear that's been sitting in the sun for a while and people have died ignoring this advice (famously, Dan Osman). Interesting choice for outdoors setting...
- 0xbadcafebee 1y agoIt's only about 60% degraded after 36 months exposure. The scaffolds aren't up for that long (they're taken down immediately once work is complete). The nylon joint is several times stronger than it needs to be to keep the poles together (2.5 kN per joint; point-loaded beam is spread between two joints, so 5 kN; max rated beam load is below that). Just fyi, the guy who did the analysis of Dan Osman's failed rope (Black Diamond's QA manager) concluded the rope was not affected by UV or weather exposure. (https://groups.google.com/g/rec.climbing/c/gW92OrNs7_o?pli=1 https://groups.google.com/g/rec.climbing/c/gW92OrNs7_o?pli=1)