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yeah, tree ropes tend to be dragged over branches, dirt, stepped on, etc.
when there is a potential for a substantial lead fall, you tend to take as much care of your rope as possible.
back when i 1st got into trees, the difference in rope care was something noticed. our thing was "if you step on the rope, you have to coil it"

imo, using a friction saver will do more in preserving your tree rope than worrying about steppin on it.
 
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Not that little devil who is sticking his tongue out. That one is out of control.



You should know that Cory.



Hollen already knows that, but he don't listen.



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Aren't gremlins harmless?

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Not that little devil who is sticking his tongue out.



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Are you pulling my leg, or serious?
 
Wasn't sure cuz Tom D PM'd me saying to cool it, it was getting out of hand, and he wasn't taking PMs so I couldnt get clarification. Started to wonder if that gremlin had an evil meaning that I wasnt aware of, sorta like throwing a shoe in Iraq.
 
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Do the jig on my rope for all I care I get a new one each year, So does just about all here. You could most likly walk on a rope all year long and still not enough grit to the center core to do damge. Maybe if you danced on it every nite for 3 years, you just might take 25% of the strenght away. Besides like I said before most the princesses will cut their ropes with the hand saw or chainsaw within six months, before the groundmans feet will ever hurt it.
 
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Most people describe me as dead serious to the point of being a party-destroyer.


Total buzz kill.



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I will back that up, and add that a smile is rarely seen on the face of this strange and emotionally stunted little man. its sad really.
also, this one time when we were in the same tree, one of the groundman picked up a pile of brush with the tail of my rope in it & dragged it over and across some low hanging service lines & I started to get a little freaked out. But SZ told me that it was cool because the rope was non-conductive and I needed to settle down. then later i found out that wasn't really true. thats just one SZ buzzkill story. he put the "dead" in "serious" that day i can tell you. and also in case anyone is wondering, he pretends he knows alot about stuff he doesn't really know about. like the conductivity of climbing lines, for example. thats one way to destroy a party for sure.
 
i'm being sarcastic. but that really did happen with the climbing line & the electricity. it was like 8 years ago, but still...
i'm not sure if anyone stepped on my line that day?
but if they did, you can bet SZ wouldn't be laughing. not that guy. he's cold as the tomb, that one.
 
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But SZ told me that it was cool because the rope was non-conductive and I needed to settle down.

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Basically he is speaking the truth. Rope would of had to be very very dirty or soaking wet to conduct. Can it be conductive? Sure it could carry a current, you'd stand about the same chance as getting zapped by a phone line as that rope would be conductive.
 
Ive seen a few rigging lines break but never a climbing line, never even heard of any breaking.Well unless the silky got it.I think Hollens right on this one,I think you will cut it or it will flat wear out before our little frames snap one.But maybe im wrong,im sure Easy would know.
 
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I will back that up, and add that a smile is rarely seen on the face of this strange and emotionally stunted little man. its sad really.

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I know that it takes more muscles in the face to frown, but that's the kind of dedication I have to being a total jerk all the time.

Now stop talking, Pete. It's obvious that I knew as much about everything back then as I do now, but how on earth are you going to sign up online to sit for the BCMA test without my computer skillz? They're talking about holding the control key and clicking links and all that stuff.


Control key! Links! Data Entry!



SZ
 
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But SZ told me that it was cool because the rope was non-conductive and I needed to settle down.

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Basically he is speaking the truth.

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That's the gist of what I was saying to him that day, but he was all scared about his life.....and this was before he had a beautiful family to go home to!


SZ
 
My groundie stood on my rope today and it dissolved like the various characters in Star Trek just after they asked Scottie to beam them up. Its totally true. I was astounded.

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I wonder how many times we step on our lanyard daily.Ive got mine to where it doesnt hang low, but occasionally I do step on it-well every time I climb Im sure.
 
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I know what you mean about the lanyard, I'm good for one a day and every once in a while I'm lucky enough to get the bar of the saw all tangled up too.
 
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We must be brothers from another mother!
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