EWolfe Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Your 's thoughts : chewed rope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Â Think about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 oooh beaten by a bald guy! burn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_m Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I wonder if he got a lead card. What exactly does jumping off the route test? Ability to fall under control and a willingness to fall. A lot of "leaders" who don't fall will get into some trouble when they try to hang on for dear life, often resulting in a peeling tumble fall. Not good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I expect we will see Basic Falling offered by the Mounties in October. Although some might say that the Mounties already know how to fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Or gone to the Tieton, it was very pleasant, and much closer. Â I'm sick of hearing how nice it was in Tieton! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemp22 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 thread resurrection to pass on this link to BD's analysis: http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/scene/beta/qc_kp.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 For those of you too lazy to read the report, the conclusion was that the rope was weakened by sulfuric acid (battery acid). They don't know how the acid came in contact with the rope, but it may have been spilled on a parking lot surface (from a car) and picked up when the rope was set down on it. Â The moral of the story is keep your ropes clean and watch where you put them. Keeping them in a rope bag is an excellent idea for many reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 told you so told ya so told ya so Goddamnit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Uh, Bill, if you did, it was on one of those other boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 told you so told ya so told ya so Goddamnit. Â I just checked this whole thread and I don't see where you predicted the battery acid conclusion. Â I say sir, you are a wannabe Nostradamus. Â Â edit: Damnit. The catbird beat me to it. But my post is cleverererer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I bow down to Mr. Fox, the Cleverer guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Nah, been preaching rope bags and care ever since I carried a guy out once when this happened (rope fell apart under bodyweight, rope owner insisted "I've taken perfect care of that rope") while his buddy was rapping on real rocks on an older furred rope. Thank God he only had his femur sticking out of his thigh until he passed out. We're out in the middle of Eastern Oregon pre-cell phones so we made a rope litter/splinted and carried him out. Ended well with the exception I lost a great (then very bloodied) denim shirt as a pad and never got it back. Â Next move for me, spent the money on rope bags for every rope I own and never looked back....err, except for moments like these..... Â Told ya so on another site: Â Says the same thing there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 So which rope manufacturer will be the first to incorporate a pH-sensitive dye into the cover of their ropes. Get acid (or alkali) on your rope and it would turn red. Hey I should patent that idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 maybe you could have it blare out spock quotes at every clip too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 So which rope manufacturer will be the first to incorporate a pH-sensitive dye into the cover of their ropes. Get acid (or alkali) on your rope and it would turn red. Hey I should patent that idea! I would like to put in my order for one, but i would like it to turn purple. Â it is a pretty good idea, get working on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 and don't eat any oranges when you are belaying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Hypercolor climbing rope? They didn't think of that in the 80's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 I was just given one. It's neon yellow and it has been sitting, unused in a garage since 1980. Never been used even once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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