Monday 15 July 2013

550-Pound, 100 foot Paracord

This rope is tiny! It is rated 550, is 100 ft long, and is about the same size as a stapler.

Paracord or 550 cord is a lightweight nylon kernmantle rope originally used in the suspension lines of US parachutes during World War II. Once in the field, paratroopers found this cord useful for many other tasks. It is now used as a general purpose utility cord by both military personnel and civilians. This versatile cord was even used by astronauts during STS-82, the twenty second Space Shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
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