I wonder how much difference knotted slings would make, rather than sewn. I know from experience that slings I've fallen on are much harder to untie (if it's possible at all) than ones I've simply body weight tightened. This suggests there's a bit of slip, which would do something to reduce the impact, at least on the first fall.
Mikl (or anyone else), do you have test equipment that can play nicely with shock loads so we could do some testing? |