Originally Posted by
silentorpheus
Are you using any titanium (or other metal) hardware on your ridgeline?
And since it's unclear from your pictures, where on the line did it break? Right in the middle not near anything, or was it close to any attachment points, knots, where your poles were laying across the line, etc.?
While it's difficult to tell, the edges of line in the picture of your knot almost look both frayed and more clean cut at the same time. Could just be the picture though. I'm wondering whether something may have accidentally sliced the line partially (hence the cleaner looking fibers), and then when tensioned it ripped through the remaining portion of the line which was now significantly weakened due to a partial cut.
Sometimes metal hardware like Wasps, Flyz, etc. can have some sharp burrs remaining from the manufacturing process - often in the 'antennae' area where you lock the line after tightening - which could potentially slice into the line, which is why I ask.
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