In a message dated 7/19/00 12:54:48 AM, bhansen2_at_twcny.rr.com writes: << Okay guys 'n' gals - my ignorance has been on display again. What I called "prussik line" is the braided nylon-dacron line which rock climbers use. Obviously I got the name wrong - and that means I don't know *what* to call the climbers' line. >> OK, go easy here. Bills just showing his years of experience. Back in the olden days, many people called nylon kernmantle lines "Prussik cord" because that's what they were used for. After Christ was born, we started calling the stuff by it's proper name "Perlon" or "Spectra" depending on the particular material. Some time in 1990's, for some strange reason it started to be known as "Accessory cord" or "Static line". And that's the truth! Jed *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 18 2000 - 18:27:24 PDT
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