I just got out my emergency ATC and my paracord prusik loop. Here I am hanging from my pullup bar with an ATC using a paracord autoblock with a rappel extension. 10 pounds will always be 10 pounds so if the paracord can withstand 10 pounds I will be fine. Don't try this unless you know what you are doing.
I probably should not have started this. The Beal jammy with it's 17 kN breaking strength is the preferred loop for all Prusik applications. I used one on my tether for many climbs. It would work great for an autoblock to backup a descender.
Yes. It might melt. Don't support your full bodyweight with paracord or any other non-climbing rated rope.
Read this full thread and you'll see some great answers to that question, with pictures. Most methods are pretty similar.
I use uhmwpe kite line and it is pretty untangley. I also wind it on a homemade winder that winds in a figure 8 style to avoid inducing twists.
I used a discarded high violin string, the thinnest one. Wasnt terribly hard to accomplish.
That's funny because my first thought was you would need a starched hair from a horse mane. LOL May need to run by guitar center and ask if they would save me an old string next time they rework a fiddle.
Thinnest string on a guitar might work too. Just as long as its one of the unwrapped ones. I just used a violin string cause my coworker plays violin and had one handy.
