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EarthWormLee said:
Sure. Basically you pinch the rope to make a small bite and if you see a flat spot in the bite the core of the rope is damaged. It sounds tedious to do that over the length of the rope, but it really is not. We would do 300 feet of rope in a few minutes.
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Rope Check Fundamentals - Mesa Rim North City

GET UP TO SPEED ON HOW TO CHECK YOUR ROPE SO YOU CAN MAKE SURE IT’S IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER OR IF IT’S TIME TO INVEST IN A NEWER MODEL. By Matt Gordon Your rope is one of the most important parts of your climbing experience, whether you’re having a long top rope session or …
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EarthWormLee said:
Sure. Basically you pinch the rope to make a small bite and if you see a flat spot in the bite the core of the rope is damaged. It sounds tedious to do that over the length of the rope, but it really is not. We would do 300 feet of rope in a few minutes.
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Truth!
 
EarthWormLee said:
Sure. Basically you pinch the rope to make a small bite and if you see a flat spot in the bite the core of the rope is damaged. It sounds tedious to do that over the length of the rope, but it really is not. We would do 300 feet of rope in a few minutes.
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Thanks
 
deertrout said:
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Rope Check Fundamentals - Mesa Rim North City

GET UP TO SPEED ON HOW TO CHECK YOUR ROPE SO YOU CAN MAKE SURE IT’S IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER OR IF IT’S TIME TO INVEST IN A NEWER MODEL. By Matt Gordon Your rope is one of the most important parts of your climbing experience, whether you’re having a long top rope session or …
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Good link....thanks
 
Weldabeast said:
I predict that said "snapped" tether picture never happens....I don't have a scale so I can't check myself but I be interested to see someone put a scale between tether and bridge and see what the reading are compared to normal body weight....if I weight 180 what would the scale read in the leaning position, seated position, etc....
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I just did this. Hanging the scale showed 208 lbs and leaning it was 111 lbs. very hard to see scale
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Gator said:
I just did this. Hanging the scale showed 208 lbs and leaning it was 111 lbs. very hard to see scale
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I was on my way outside to try the same thing and realized my scale is only good for 100lbs. Maybe if I was still in 7th grade!

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That is interesting....so u weight the same on the ground as in the seated position and roughly 1/2 off in a leaning position?
 
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Dude just described my (and most of ours really) system. I switched from tethered lines to oplux and from the Ropeman to the Prussic.

Never felt safer.

Hope he heals up okay. Now that I’ve read the whole post...!


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Weldabeast said:
That is interesting....so u weight the same on the ground as in the seated position and roughly 1/2 off in a leaning position?
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I would agree with that, maybe a smidge more than half


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Weldabeast said:
That is interesting....so u weight the same on the ground as in the seated position and roughly 1/2 off in a leaning position?
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Makes sense. More weight being supported by the platform while leaning while the saddle supports more weight while sitting. Physics don’t lie
 
When y'all say he tied a knot wrong, is that assuming that was the knot to make the eye for the girth hitch or something else?

I have used Oplux many an hour and never felt safer.
 
trailblazer75 said:
You can improperly tie the scaffold hitch by not running your tag end through the over hands on the running end of the rope. Here’s a better explanation.



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That's always felt like a "who would actually do that" scare to me. But maybe not. I guess I'm just hardwired to give a solid pull test on any knot (but especially any sort of noose!). Plus I always tie around the carabiner. Plus I then weight it to tighten tbe hitch, loosen the scaffolds to eat up the hitch slack, and retighten.

The idea of someone just trying a slip knot around their thumb, threading in a carabiner, and hangibg from it all in one go is just mystifying.
 
mattsteg said:
That's always felt like a "who would actually do that" scare to me. But maybe not. I guess I'm just hardwired to give a solid pull test on any knot (but especially any sort of noose!). Plus I always tie around the carabiner. Plus I then weight it to tighten tbe hitch, loosen the scaffolds to eat up the hitch slack, and retighten.

The idea of someone just trying a slip knot around their thumb, threading in a carabiner, and hangibg from it all in one go is just mystifying.
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Which I agree...but you know there are safety bulletins for a reason. I’m guessing this is the ticket in this case. Homeboy was excited to run his new gear and jumped the gun without testing and here we are.
 
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