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Broken Rope 27-Apr-2012 At 6:00:39 PM sg

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So, the dramatic version: I was dogging my way up a short climb. Took a short fall, decided I was too weak and weak minded to do this and started aiding down to retrieve gear. I was hanging on a peace when I heard a snap, vaguely registered a falling sensation and then found myself on the ground.

After making sure everything was still where it should be and worked I looked up to see the gear still in the wall and after some confusion realised that there was an end of rope attached to my harness. The rope had snapped at a point where it was running over a smooth draw and while holding body weight (!)

The rope was 8 years old but used sparingly, looked almost new and had never held any major falls. The place where it broke (close to the end of the rope) was the only bit of rope which was "fuzzy" and slightly discoloured. I thought I remembered the moment when it was stepped on while lying in sand which I thought accounted for the colour change. People tell me it must have been exposed to a chemical at some point.