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the unsung skeleton holding ships, tents, and civilizations together, one twisted fiber at a time
naval termrefers to all ropes and rigging aboard a ship
natural sourceonce spun from hemp, manila, and coconut husk
strength tricktwisting fibers makes them stronger than any single strand
ancient craftrope-making predates pottery and the wheel
breaking pointrated by tensile strength before catastrophic snap