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Do it,... do it!
Para-cord!
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From what I've read, 7 inner strands, each inner strand made of three individual strands. Some commercialy available 550 may not have the 3 strands on the inner strands.
LOL.
OK, I just did it. I can report two things. Firstly, the cord was easily able to support my weight. Secondly, if you are going to put your foot in a loop of paracord with your whole weight on it, make sure your boots have a sturdy sole.
Oh, and thirdly, you are never going to get those knots undone.
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LOL.
OK, I just did it. I can report two things. Firstly, the cord was easily able to support my weight. Secondly, if you are going to put your foot in a loop of paracord with your whole weight on it, make sure your boots have a sturdy sole.
I nearly spat out my lunch... awesome 
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Nice! Nothing beats battle testing.LOL.
OK, I just did it. I can report two things. Firstly, the cord was easily able to support my weight. Secondly, if you are going to put your foot in a loop of paracord with your whole weight on it, make sure your boots have a sturdy sole.
Oh, and thirdly, you are never going to get those knots undone.
LOL.
OK, I just did it. I can report two things. Firstly, the cord was easily able to support my weight. Secondly, if you are going to put your foot in a loop of paracord with your whole weight on it, make sure your boots have a sturdy sole.
Oh, and thirdly, you are never going to get those knots undone.
that was a laugh
this does seem like cool stuf
LOL.
OK, I just did it. I can report two things. Firstly, the cord was easily able to support my weight. Secondly, if you are going to put your foot in a loop of paracord with your whole weight on it, make sure your boots have a sturdy sole.
Oh, and thirdly, you are never going to get those knots undone.
OIC, that makes better sense. Thanks!
LOL.
OK, I just did it. I can report two things. Firstly, the cord was easily able to support my weight. Secondly, if you are going to put your foot in a loop of paracord with your whole weight on it, make sure your boots have a sturdy sole.
Oh, and thirdly, you are never going to get those knots undone.
Made my day just a little bit better, thanks!
um.... if you burn it so that it burns on it's own, forming a melted, black tear drop, then blow out the flame, you can use the metal frame of your cheap bic lighter to roll a peaked end that will fit through really small eyelets without ever having to touch that little ball of pain.
whatever you do, don't ever try to flick the flame out, because you may fling some of that molten pain onto your tearduct, and you truly will do the idiot's dance...
Years ago when I was going to the field and everyone kept their knife on a dummy cord(one end tied to your belt loop the other tied to what ever it was you did not want to lose... I put a little Swiss Army Classic, about 3" long, http://www.adorama.com/VI53001.html?gclid=CJTGnLG-i7MCFStgMgodfjoAnw , on about 30' of paracord, and stuffed it in my pocket. Folks would ask to borrow my knife. I would pull out this wad of para-cord with this itty bitty knife on the end...gosh it was hard to keep a straight face.
thats seems a laugh
my dog lead of para cord for my chihuahua 
Bid on some sweet paracord here!
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...-Survival-Bracelet-Black-Cobra-pattern-Lot-49
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...-Survival-Bracelet-Black-Cobra-pattern-Lot-49
I have one just like that I would love to But swimming in para cord .
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I hope that's the 550 cord, you wouldn't want that monster snapping it like old fishing line!
I love this stuff. Used it for everything while deployed and on patrol once I got out. If you loop it around it'll tow at least 1000 lbs of concrete down the road.
It sure is only buy 7strand 550 more expensive but better quality yea that little monster can pull.
@Pfp dad. It must of been fun with the cord ?
yea that little monster can pull.@Pfp dad. It must of been fun with the cord ?
Funny enough, I recently had a bad outing tying some stuff down with some of the cheap stuff. I was educated by the Cop who pulled over to help me tie it down again.
You want MIL-C-5040H (generally type iii) if you're looking for Military grade stuff. It can be rough to come by, but I've found some on eBay. The commercial variety, MIL-C-5040 without the H, is good but doesn't hold the same weight. Without either of those specs, it can be crap.
The better stuff (commercial or higher) not only has 7 inner strands, but those strands are themselves twisted. Military grade will also have one of them color coded.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute_cord
You want MIL-C-5040H (generally type iii) if you're looking for Military grade stuff. It can be rough to come by, but I've found some on eBay. The commercial variety, MIL-C-5040 without the H, is good but doesn't hold the same weight. Without either of those specs, it can be crap.
The better stuff (commercial or higher) not only has 7 inner strands, but those strands are themselves twisted. Military grade will also have one of them color coded.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute_cord
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