I'd say if you can untie them then you don't need to redo them, your just adding more opportunities to make a mistake. If this is happening regularly than maybe you can prevent it by undoing and retying so they aren't getting repeatedly tightened with each jump. If you can't untie them then I guess you'll have to cut them. I've heard people say you should loosen them, retie them, or cut them away after several
The figure eights get very tight at the anchor. The fall factors involved are well within the 1.7 tested by the UIAA but it might be worth contacting the manufacturer of the rope to see if they have any information about how the ropes perform in the pendulum type fall rather than a straight one. I would make regular inspections of the rope and retire/replace equipment when necessary. I can't see it doing any special damage to the rope that wouldn't occur through climbing. Slightly clustered, but we wanted to easily rapel after the jump wasĪssuming you can avoid rope abrasion, do swings like this damage climbing ropes? Swing goes straight into a pendulum with no/limited Had to rapel to the ground after the swing completed. We did this because we jumped with a backpack and
We clipped the bite from the overhand knot We also jumped onto a prussic (primary), with an atc below, with.can prussics weaken a system like this, or cut the rope? Heard people say you should loosen them, retie them, or cut them awayĬhord at the anchor. The figure eights get very tight at the anchor.
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Assuming you can avoid rope abrasion, do swings like this damageĬlimbing ropes? Swing goes straight into a pendulum with no/limited free fall.Some questions about rope swings similar in size to the the corona arch swing which has an accompanying setup video.
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