{"id":28208,"date":"2025-07-09T20:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/?p=28208"},"modified":"2025-07-09T20:28:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:28:57","slug":"video-rappelling-on-paracord-dont-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/en\/video-rappelling-on-paracord-dont-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Rappelling on paracord? \u2013 Don\u2019t do it!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve spent any time around mountain sports or professions where ropes are used, you\u2019ll probably answer this question with a clear and immediate &#8220;<strong>NO!<\/strong>&#8221; When you trust your life to a rope, it should be certified and provide sufficient safety reserves. However, since paracord is relatively strong, this question might still be worth a closer look. Of course, I strongly advise against imitating any of this!<\/p>\n<p>To get an initial reference point, I used a Linescale load cell to measure the approximate load at which the paracord breaks. For this, I dynamically swung into the rope, and I only did each test once per type of cord. These values should therefore be considered only rough indicators, not accurate measurements. One strand of <strong>550 parachute cord broke at 1.83\u202fkN<\/strong>, and one strand of <strong>750 parachute cord at 2.3\u202fkN<\/strong>. So there&#8217;s not much margin \u2014 and sharp edges on the rock, especially over longer descents, pose a significant risk. That\u2019s why I used a backup mobile fall-arrest device (Petzl ASAP) for this test. While rappelling, it runs with me, and if the paracord breaks, I\u2019ll be hanging from the ASAP on a thick 11\u202fmm rope.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Can you Rappel on Paracord ? - Don&#039;t do this!\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H92EeT9xbkU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve spent any time around mountain sports or professions where ropes are used, you\u2019ll probably answer this question with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1822,1810,1808],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ausruestung","category-militaerisch-en","category-youtube-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28210,"href":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28208\/revisions\/28210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripperkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}