High temperature resistant rope systems and methods

A method of forming a fire resistant rope comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of high tensile strength fibers;
• combining the high tensile strength fibers into a plurality of high strength yarns;
• combining the plurality of yarns into a plurality of high strength strands;
• combining the plurality of high strength strands to form a core;
• providing a plurality of high temperature resistant fibers;
• combining the high temperature resistant fibers into a plurality of temperature resistant yarns;
• combining the plurality of temperature resistant yarns into a plurality of temperature resistant strands;
• combining the temperature resistant strands to form a jacket around the core, where jacket defines interstitial gaps;
• and
• forming a coating on the jacket that fills at least a portion of the interstitial gaps such that the coating substantially surrounds the core.