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dr_feelgood
Jan 1, 2008, 9:58 PM
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Whoo!
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stymingersfink
Jan 1, 2008, 10:44 PM
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try it like this:
it's a little more obvious, but still feeds effortlessly though a belay device (it's several different lengths of Glide dental floss, knotted in the middle, then pulled through the sheath). It's got about half a season on it so far, still working good.
edit to add:
plus it took maybe all of five minutes to accomplish start to finish
(This post was edited by stymingersfink on Jan 1, 2008, 10:45 PM)
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al_piner
Jan 3, 2008, 4:56 PM
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I used to mark my rope with cat piss .... until I got educated on RC.com !
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elnero
Jan 10, 2008, 12:59 AM
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I use floss to mark the center of my rope. It's lasted a really long time actually, a year and going strong. Though I don't get out as often as I'd like. Downside is that it looks like a core-shot to your rope after a few days.. which can be scary for other people at the crag.
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el_forrest
Jan 10, 2008, 7:05 AM
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Very clever. Since it's woven in the sheath, it shoudn't affect that much the strenght of the rope. I tried something similar, but with a nylon thread.
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stymingersfink
Jan 11, 2008, 2:50 AM
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el_forrest wrote: Very clever.
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knudenoggin
Jan 11, 2008, 5:04 AM
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In reply to: (it's several different lengths of Glide dental floss, knotted in the middle, then pulled through the sheath). It's got about half a season on it so far, still working ...
Not only that, but regular flossing reduces tartar build-up.
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stymingersfink
Jan 11, 2008, 5:37 AM
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knudenoggin wrote: In reply to: (it's several different lengths of Glide dental floss, knotted in the middle, then pulled through the sheath). It's got about half a season on it so far, still working ... Not only that, but regular flossing reduces tartar build-up. 
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jgloporto
Jan 11, 2008, 3:45 PM
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al_piner wrote: I used to mark my rope with cat piss .... until I got educated on RC.com !
I just get NSFW to piss on the middle. I know exactly where the middle is when I'm getting ready to rap, and it keeps bears out of my camp.
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Davey
Jan 15, 2008, 7:50 AM
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I would go with a $10.00 soldering iron from Radioshack you can melt any cool little design you want into your rope!  Come on people haven't we talked about this one to many times?! Suck it up and live on the risky side of life and mark it with a freakin pen or do the dental floss thing and make it look cool.
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