Good thread. I'm kind of curious as well, because I almost never fall on my ropes and sometimes keep them a little longer perhaps than I should, because they look and feel fine and to all examination are okay. Still, it does seem like you could draw a good line at 5 years or so, even for ropes with little use and wear... hell, it's not too damned expensive and it
is your life....
ksolem wrote:Finally we locate the climb and start getting ready. Tucker pulls out the very rope I had retired to the dumpster, looks me in the eye and says “I cannot understand why someone would throw a perfectly good rope in the trash.”
So, did you climb with it?
jibmaster wrote:Took it to Hull Mt. for emergency towing one time.
Had this happen, too. An old rope that I wouldn't use any more, but I used it for towing a couple times. Third time, I was trying to winch a friend out of the Gila river, and it did break. Never seen a climbing rope just snap like that.