some people think their spine will explode when they top rope on a static rope.

If you sharpen your skills, it might cut the rope.

Did you stop buy to play word games?

That was a joke referencing to another thread.

If you sharpen your skills, it might cut the rope.

• Don't touch the rope when you're being lowered

Certain things are passed on from generation to generation until they are proven wrong or we just come to our senses and say, "Well, that's just stupid!" Here are a few myths that seem to keep on going:

1. Don't Step on the Rope! Although this isn't really a myth. You definitely should not be trodding all over yours or someone else's rope with your dirty, stinky feet. But...it definitely isn't the deadly evil that has been preached about from the old curmudgeons of climbing's past.

2. Microfractures. Does anybody still believe in this boogeyman?

3. Every anchor should have an upward pull piece. Definitely no, but you should know when you need one.

4. You should retire gear after falling on it. Ha! Ha! Actually this is true, send it to me for proper disposal.

5. The leader should not fall. I think this is pretty much dead in today's day and age, but every once in a while you hear it. But, the leader should know when not to fall.

If you want to add some more myths or argue with me about mine, feel free to post.

Josh

There is a reason for this.

When you take a noob out and they weight the rope for the first time it is hard for some to trust the gear. When the noob gets nervous he / she tend to grab onto the rope and this in turn causes some of the weight to come onto their arms and off of the harness. Unweighting the harness makes it feel like it's not there and makes it seem as though they need to hang on tighter with the arms which causes more weight to come off the harness onto their arms. Next thing you know they are freaking out as their arms start to pump out and they feel like if they let go they will die.....which causes them to freak out even more LMAO.

So yeah...it's better to just tell them to let go of the rope and learn to trust the set up

What's the deal with "point loading," i.e., never load a biner clipped to another biner...myth, right?

Point loading or clipping a draw on a draw is dangerous. Much more force is placed on the biner because Pressure=force x area.the force will stay the same and the area is reduced, so the pressure is increased almost exponentially. More pressure will cause extra stress on the biner. the reason a sling is used between the biners is because the force is on a bigger area.

Point loading or clipping a draw on a draw is dangerous. Much more force is placed on the biner because Pressure=force x area.the force will stay the same and the area is reduced, so the pressure is increased almost exponentially. More pressure will cause extra stress on the biner. the reason a sling is used between the biners is because the force is on a bigger area.

Much more force is placed on the biner
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the force will stay the same

Myth - the internet is a good place to get advice ... on anything.

Point loading or clipping a draw on a draw is dangerous. Much more force is placed on the biner because Pressure=force x area.the force will stay the same and the area is reduced, so the pressure is increased almost exponentially. More pressure will cause extra stress on the biner. the reason a sling is used between the biners is because the force is on a bigger area.