I have heard of some Petzl reps espousing lots of anecdotal advice against the use of spectra in daisy's/anchors/etc.
Rule to live by: "beleive 1/2 of what you read and none of what you hear"
*especially* when it comes from company reps
The stretch of a short piece of nylon under "normal use" is such a negligible amount (both as a percentage of its own length and in comparison to spectra) that spectra vs nylon would make no difference. Same holds true for web-o-lette's, runners etc....
In the event of a shock load on a daisy, the individual loops would rip around 800lbs (depending on your daisy) at which point the minor difference in elasticity is again... negligible because of the energy disapation from the stitches tearing. I am not saying it would be comfortable, fun, or advisable to use one's daisy as a mini-screamer, only that there is no appreciable difference b/w spectra and nylon in this instance.
I am no "aid master", and I can only agree with the above comment on clipping the rope ASAP and not risking a fall on a piece of webbing when possible. I only wanted to comment on the spectra vs. nylon issue.
Cheers!
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[This message has been edited by Ibex (edited 07-24-2001).]
