as illustrated in fig5 ends 42 and 44 are then untaped and exposed short of the start of the eyes at pin 18 and then paired parallel and trimmed so they are the same length as illustrated in fig6 heavy wall u201c cold shrink u201d tube 50 of a length at least 4 times the diameter of the rope 12 is then passed over the two ends 42 44 and secured in place by removing the internal coil one skilled in the art will appreciate that the outer cover material could be anyone of these materials to suit a particular purpose such as high heat resistance that would dictate glass carbon or kevlar u00ae fiber the outer material could also be an extrusion to minimize conductivity under wet conditions the two ends 42 44 that are held by the cold shrink tubing serve as indicators that the sling elements are not becoming unbalanced if overloading takes place or if the elements become unbalanced the 2 ends 42 44 will become uneven in length or move relative to surrounding assembly similarly indicia or markings 90 may be made on the whole rope or some part thereof to indicate changes in alignment of the ends relative to themselves or the sling or elongation or distention of some part of the rope in the sling in one embodiment of the present invention the ends 42 44 of the rope are left un spliced while it was expected that splicing of the ends would be required to achieve an efficiency of 70 this was found not to be the case not only was it unnecessary to splice them but it was discovered that the method yields a translation of between 70 to 90 the method in fact.