On 21/06/2006 mikl law wrote:
>Luck I guess. It does happen. Also, I'm sure you can generate a situation
>where they can both get a degree of burn-through.
Is there even annecdotal evidence of this?
>I don't mind falling on a single skinny rope, but they do cut very easily.
Yep they do indeed. A friend of mine took a big fall at Booroomba and the rope grazed a very vauge, rounded edge (of fairly rough granite) and was almost completely cut (but not quite). Luckily he had two. These were 8.6mm ropes. |