When should i retire a rope?

[SRTRAD]

11mm 24 strand yale

 

[Jem4417]

After 500 trees or 1000 hours of climbing

 

[Jem4417]

Jk there’s a thousand factors. Depends on your system, what type of trees, how much care you take with storage, if you use a friction saver , etc. Then there is damage from ascenders, hand saw nicks, spiking the rope, exposure to contaminants, and or any other accidental contact. If it’s taken care of well I switch them up each year but that’s not to say they can’t last longer. Money well spent when it comes to climbing lines. Plus you can make shorter climbing lines with them, have a pine line or rain line and can switch them completely to rigging... where in Montgomery county are you?

 

[JeffGu]

If they constantly bitch about the weather and have to run to the bathroom every five minutes, or suddenly think Florida would be a fun place to live... it's time for them to be retired.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

If they constantly bitch about the weather and have to run to the bathroom every five minutes, or suddenly think Florida would be a fun place to live... it's time for them to be retired.

As good a criteria as any

The first, and best, credible answer that I ever heard came from @donblair

The day before it breaks

 

[SRTRAD]

i use friction savers, oaks and pines) ascenders, and bite knots like figure eight, i just store it on a tray in my garage

 

[SRTRAD]

i use friction savers, oaks and pines) ascenders, and bite knots like figure eight, i just store it on a tray in my garage

RAD system on SRT (circ base anchors)