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Retiring a rope 14-Jun-2011 At 5:19:43 PM humphreyg

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I've never actually retired a rope (formally) but I'm at that stage now where I've taken enough falls on my current one in the gym (i get a particular enjoyment from lobbing off in the gym ,keep it clean!!, who bothers with the last clip anyway!!) that I should start to think about it at some point. Admittedly fall factors in the gym aren't that comparable to the fall factor 2 tests but surely they all add up, and if the core's going then the sheath is only going to hide it.

TBH the rope I use at the moment (Beal Top Gun) probably has A LOT of life left in it especially if you go by the manufacturers recommendations (it's only a year old, used roughly twice a week, indoors and out) but the big issue is - there's no backup to a single rope. I'd rather be having this conversation too early than too late, push it too far, even once, and, well, its probably not worth thinking about the options.

I try to inspect my rope regularly, the sheaths relatively good, its not too spongy, but who's to say the next whipper in the gym isn;t going to be one whipper too many.

Thoughts/experiences? Any hints trips and tips for checking a rope?