Would be nice if you could show gradual examples of damaged ropes from fine over close to being retired but fine to definitely being retired.
2 years ago
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Would love to hear the engineers talk about the elasticity of rope at different impacts and how fall factor and fall distance describes that as well as how quickly the rope regenerates and degrades.
2 years ago | 0
My first rope was a sterling marathon pro, 10.1. As I ran the new rope through my hand I could feel it bend in half like the inner was all loose, like, as if there was only wet spaghetti noodles inside. Being a new climber and this my first rope I was really worried. I asked some friends, asked some forums, posted some pictures complete with a micrometer measuring the width normally and when pinched and when bent, etc... Contacted sterling they said that was normal for that ropes design, yet offered to replace it regardless. New one was the same, the guy from the company even confirmed the one he sent me was normal. So, I'd be curious how one rope might feel entirely different from another when bending like in the picture... Specifically a sterling marathon pro (bought mine in 2018).
2 years ago | 2
I heard that if you store your soft climbing equipment in the same spot as your detergents. The evaporation from the detergents will significantly damage the rope to the point that if you took a big whiper it could brake. I would love to know if this is actually true.
2 years ago | 2
On FB there's a discussion about climbing ropes stored in a hot car. Somebody said this: "We recently had someone take a big fall in our gym because their personal rope failed. I’m sure it was because it had been sitting in a hot car etc. The rope snapped at the end when he finished the route and the belayer took up the slack, so it wasn’t even a lead fall." I would appreciate if you would make a video about the effect of hot car storage on a rope and how you can find out if your rope is still ok.
2 years ago | 0
How bad is sun damage? Would love to have the age-old “can you leave your rope in a hot car” online debate settled lol!
2 years ago | 2
Recently did a climbing trip doing trad where someone led on halves and then 2 people seconded each on one of the halves cleaning that ropes gear as we went. Is this safe with top rope forces on a half rope?
2 years ago | 1
I know it varies between different styles of climbing, but what would they suggest is an optimal thickness of rope for sport climbing with an ATC or Grigri
2 years ago | 0
How to properly store your rope when it's not used for a long time (half a year)
2 years ago | 0
Can you shave/trim a fuzzy rope to make it look cleaner/have less friction/ get worn down less? Does it reduce the strength or abrasion resistance? What about passing over it with a lighter?
2 years ago | 0
Cool videos I like it, but you have very interesting accent, where are you from originally???)
2 years ago | 0
What about an untreated wet rope. How wet does it need to get before it fails, and can a dry treated rope get wet enough to fail?
2 years ago | 0
Hard Is Easy
Do you have Questions about Climbing Ropes?
Last Year I had a pleasure Nerding with Mammut Engineers about Climbing Ropes.
Episode 1: https://youtu.be/UWy91q77zpw
Episode 2: https://youtu.be/dpmUFQhMdbI
And now I'm going again to visit them and Learn More!
So if you have more questions not covered in previous episodes write them down!
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