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firemed6
Oct 31, 2011, 3:55 AM
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Or you can just tie knots in the ends of the rope and not go rapping off the end of your rope.
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johnny2plat
Oct 31, 2011, 3:13 PM
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Good point. You need to mark your middle AND tie knots in the ends of the rope. We lose a couple climbers every year in rappelling accidents. Some of these could have been prevented by tying simple stopper knots in the ends of the ropes. A stopper knot is like tying the first half of a double fisherman's knot.
http://www.animatedknots.com/...ww.animatedknots.com
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billcoe_
Oct 31, 2011, 10:41 PM
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firemed6 wrote: Or you can just tie knots in the ends of the rope and not go rapping off the end of your rope.
Just tie the knot in the middle, then you will always find it quickly, even in the dark.
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marc801
Oct 31, 2011, 11:14 PM
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I would think that after over 2 years, the OP has probably found something that works. Or he screwed up and his battered body at the base of some obscure cliff has been eaten by scavengers.
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rrrADAM
Nov 1, 2011, 10:54 AM
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SendMasterJack wrote: I'm sure this topic has been covered, but I will ask for some advice anyhow. I have a mammut dynamic rope, and the middle of the rope is marked but not very obvious. I was wondering what would be a safe non corrosive way to mark the middle of the rope to save myself some time up yonder.
I just use a small piece of sport tape. Makes it easy for the belay to recognize as it passes through the ATC, as they can feel it, then they can yell up "half way".
Also good for if I have to cut 6-8 feet off of one end due to wear, as just remove old and add a new piece of tape at new middle.
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jae8908
Nov 1, 2011, 3:22 PM
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rrrADAM wrote: SendMasterJack wrote: I'm sure this topic has been covered, but I will ask for some advice anyhow. I have a mammut dynamic rope, and the middle of the rope is marked but not very obvious. I was wondering what would be a safe non corrosive way to mark the middle of the rope to save myself some time up yonder. I just use a small piece of sport tape. Makes it easy for the belay to recognize as it passes through the ATC, as they can feel it, then they can yell up "half way". Also good for if I have to cut 6-8 feet off of one end due to wear, as just remove old and add a new piece of tape at new middle.
Apparently you didn't read the thread huh?:bash
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naitch
Nov 1, 2011, 5:40 PM
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Just do it the "green" way and get some sap from the nearest pine tree and rub about a 3-6" section at the mid-point. You be able to feel when it feeds through your hand. And, after a short time, you be able to both see and feel the grit that it's picked up. Looks almost like a faded Avery marked rope.
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marc801
Nov 1, 2011, 9:26 PM
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jae8908 wrote: rrrADAM wrote: SendMasterJack wrote: I'm sure this topic has been covered, but I will ask for some advice anyhow. I have a mammut dynamic rope, and the middle of the rope is marked but not very obvious. I was wondering what would be a safe non corrosive way to mark the middle of the rope to save myself some time up yonder. I just use a small piece of sport tape. Makes it easy for the belay to recognize as it passes through the ATC, as they can feel it, then they can yell up "half way". Also good for if I have to cut 6-8 feet off of one end due to wear, as just remove old and add a new piece of tape at new middle. Apparently you didn't read the thread huh?:bash
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rrrADAM
Nov 2, 2011, 7:51 PM
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marc801 wrote: jae8908 wrote: rrrADAM wrote: SendMasterJack wrote: I'm sure this topic has been covered, but I will ask for some advice anyhow. I have a mammut dynamic rope, and the middle of the rope is marked but not very obvious. I was wondering what would be a safe non corrosive way to mark the middle of the rope to save myself some time up yonder. I just use a small piece of sport tape. Makes it easy for the belay to recognize as it passes through the ATC, as they can feel it, then they can yell up "half way". Also good for if I have to cut 6-8 feet off of one end due to wear, as just remove old and add a new piece of tape at new middle. Apparently you didn't read the thread huh?:bash I'd say obviously, since he's replying to SendMasterJack as if it were written yesterday instead of in April of 2009.
No, I didn't read all 3 pages... I saw the title, as it was on the forum index page, meaning it was the thread with the most recent reply, clicked on it, read the OP text not the date (honestly, how often does anybody read the date?), and replied.
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marc801
Nov 2, 2011, 8:16 PM
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Which is why we get so many zombie threads here, resurrected from the dead.
Sometimes it makes sense, as when the new reply has current relevance. But when the new reply is answering the OP question as if it had just been posted, that's kinda lame, especially when the question had some degree of time sensitivity.
At least in your case you were replying as a result of someone else bumping the thread to the main page by answering a two year old question.
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