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jt512
Jun 21, 2013, 4:43 PM
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ChaseLeoncini wrote: Personally, I'd cut the rope. . . Well not that rope. That rope is fine. If you didn't want to cut it, for any multitude of reasons (mainly rappelling) you could tie a knot. If you have to lead with it, and i said this in my original my reply, you could lead with just the longer side. Flip the rope around if you have to. The knot reaching the belayer is something to keep your eye on. Of course, you already know this. You only replied (two days later) to patronize me on the internet in hopes that others would see and be like,"Yea. Yea. You tell him. That dumby face. I like walkonyourhands." I hope they do so you can feel more accomplished. If it makes you feel any better, I mean, well, im pretty fuckin proud of you. High Five! Now send your fans for a real spin, riddle me this. Who... I ask you. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
*plonk*
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lkeegan
Jun 21, 2013, 4:46 PM
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walkonyourhands wrote: blueshrimp wrote: OK, here are some pictures. Veredict? To me it looks like if I could just do *something* (not sure what) to stop the weave from spreading the rope should be otherwise fine. Maybe a piece of tape around it just to stop further unweaving? [image]http://imageshack.us/a/img20/5387/ya4y.jpg[/image] [image]http://imageshack.us/a/img19/990/08fh.jpg[/image] [IMG]http://imageshack.us/a/img94/3946/8z9q.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imageshack.us/a/img706/8154/ouxj.jpg[/IMG] That doesn't look like it's been done with nail scissors to me, rather like a splice from the manufactoring process or something. Are you sure, you did that? I would definitely climb on it and have climbed on worse just earlier today without second thoughts. The first abrasion on a brand new rope always feels a bit shocking. Why don't you just write to Edelrid for their opinion? I mean, the're even geographically quite close to you, aren't they?
This is a legit point. A friend of mine got three brand new beal ropes (one at a time) with this type of damage. And since she noticed while she was unpacking it and bought them from MEC, she just kept returning them. She complained about the quality to Beal too who was willing to take them back if she paid for shipping to France but it was cheaper/easier to return to MEC.
Her solution was to wait until the new beal unicore ropes came out and try again (the 4th time was the charm here).
The explanation Beal gave was that was where they switched over spools of thread. But what it really looked like was the staple on the tag had rubbed on the rope.
So it might not have been your fault!
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macherry
Jun 21, 2013, 10:53 PM
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jt512 wrote: ChaseLeoncini wrote: Personally, I'd cut the rope. . . Well not that rope. That rope is fine. If you didn't want to cut it, for any multitude of reasons (mainly rappelling) you could tie a knot. If you have to lead with it, and i said this in my original my reply, you could lead with just the longer side. Flip the rope around if you have to. The knot reaching the belayer is something to keep your eye on. Of course, you already know this. You only replied (two days later) to patronize me on the internet in hopes that others would see and be like,"Yea. Yea. You tell him. That dumby face. I like walkonyourhands." I hope they do so you can feel more accomplished. If it makes you feel any better, I mean, well, im pretty fuckin proud of you. High Five! Now send your fans for a real spin, riddle me this. Who... I ask you. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? *plonk*
he lasted longer than what i thought he would last
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shockabuku
Jun 22, 2013, 7:40 PM
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No, you shouldn't retire your rope due to this minor injury. That would be like amputating your arm for a hangnail.
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blueshrimp
Jun 23, 2013, 5:46 AM
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Thank you everyone for your replies. Trust me, it was my scissor, I saw the minor cut when I cut off the packaging, and after the first trip outdoors the sheath just got a little more unwoven. It was not a manufacturing defect on the new rope.
ChaseLeoncini I think the reason most people don't think it is a good idea to just tie a knot on the rope where the "defect" is is that a knot makes that part of the rope unuseable so it is not much different from actually cutting the rope there, only with a knot you're now carrying a piece of useless rope with you. (My "defect" is at about 15 meters off the end)
Anyway, here's what I'll do. I shall put a little piece of tape to prevent more sheath unravelling. I shall then retire the rope after 4 months or so (cut it and end up with two ropes one for the gym and the other 15 meter one for stuff needed around the house),
Yesterday I went climbing on it. I told all my partners about the small defect and showed it to them. They were all comfortable climbing on it. So I also think that climbing etiquette dictates that before anyone climbs on my rope it is my duty to inform them of the rope's damage so that they can make their own decision as to whether they trust climbing on it or they prefer to use their own rope. Anyway, I had a little transparent packing tape on it because I couldn't find the electrical tape I'd have used to tape it otherwise, and after a few pitches the tape came off. But the thread didn't unravel any further than it already had until then. So all in all the rope's fine, I'll just check it now and then and retire it / cut it soon.
Thanks everyone!
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jt512
Jun 23, 2013, 6:58 AM
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macherry wrote: jt512 wrote: ChaseLeoncini wrote: Personally, I'd cut the rope. . . Well not that rope. That rope is fine. If you didn't want to cut it, for any multitude of reasons (mainly rappelling) you could tie a knot. If you have to lead with it, and i said this in my original my reply, you could lead with just the longer side. Flip the rope around if you have to. The knot reaching the belayer is something to keep your eye on. Of course, you already know this. You only replied (two days later) to patronize me on the internet in hopes that others would see and be like,"Yea. Yea. You tell him. That dumby face. I like walkonyourhands." I hope they do so you can feel more accomplished. If it makes you feel any better, I mean, well, im pretty fuckin proud of you. High Five! Now send your fans for a real spin, riddle me this. Who... I ask you. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? *plonk* he lasted longer than what i thought he would last
I must be losing my edge.
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curt
Jun 25, 2013, 12:00 AM
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jt512 wrote: macherry wrote: jt512 wrote: ChaseLeoncini wrote: Personally, I'd cut the rope. . . Well not that rope. That rope is fine. If you didn't want to cut it, for any multitude of reasons (mainly rappelling) you could tie a knot. If you have to lead with it, and i said this in my original my reply, you could lead with just the longer side. Flip the rope around if you have to. The knot reaching the belayer is something to keep your eye on. Of course, you already know this. You only replied (two days later) to patronize me on the internet in hopes that others would see and be like,"Yea. Yea. You tell him. That dumby face. I like walkonyourhands." I hope they do so you can feel more accomplished. If it makes you feel any better, I mean, well, im pretty fuckin proud of you. High Five! Now send your fans for a real spin, riddle me this. Who... I ask you. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? *plonk* he lasted longer than what i thought he would last I must be losing my edge.
Just mellowing with age. It happens...
Curt
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6pacfershur
Jun 25, 2013, 1:54 AM
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there used to be this guy around here who would TR solo on the the most beat-up rope ive ever seen someone climb on; multiple core shots and fuzzy as a wooly bugger; he would just shrug when we mentioned it.............havent seen him around in a few years now that i think about it
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5.samadhi
Jul 7, 2013, 4:21 PM
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G2G imo
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