Temperature guide for ropes
Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, April 10, 2010

A Technical Bulletin titled Rope Inspection and Retirement - Arborist, published by Samson Ropes is one of the most useful, relatively simple rope information guides around. Keep a copy handy - it makes a good arborist reference file.
Here's an except about friction temperatures to get you started:
"When using rope, ..