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sandstone
Aug 4, 2011, 3:10 PM
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Ed nailed it -- stuff the rope in the bag instead of coiling, then it will feed out smooth as silk.
As evidenced by many of the comments above, for a lot of climbing a rope bag is just going to be an unnecessary encumbrance, and I agree.
However for what you are doing (setting up TR's), a rope bag is a great idea. You can throw down your bag and it will be unaffected by wind, and it will crash right through tree limbs that would catch a loose rope.
Tie both ends of your rope to the empty bag. Simultaneously feed or stuff the rope (effectively two ropes since you are working with both ends) into the bag, without coiling it in any way. Just let it pile on top of itself as you feed it into the bag. Don't stuff the whole rope in the bag at one time, work your way from the ends toward the middle of the rope. When you're done stuffing you will be holding the midpoint of the rope, tie that off to the bag.
This is just like stuffing a river rescue throw rope.
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(This post was edited by sandstone on Aug 4, 2011, 3:11 PM)
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Post edited by sandstone
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