October 3, 2023

Ripstop text

Durable fabric resists tearing, which duh, but really durable fabric is engineered to resist tearing. In high-pressure environments like sailing or mountaineering, fabrics have been engineered to keep rips from turning into something that will ruin a mission or endanger lives. Threads of alternating heft are woven in, sometimes at an angle, and this is called ripstop fabric, because when a rip hits one of these bits on the fabric, it… stops.