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Melted rope after a fall 24-Oct-2012 At 1:01:54 AM Siege

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Hi guys. First post and a question about my rope.
While leading in the gym today my partner slipped clipping the third draw and took a fall. Luckily I managed to catch him just off the ground and we had a crash mat down so all was well. However since there was only a short amount of rope out i'm assuming the figure of eight took a lot more of the shock from the fall and must have generated a bit of heat. When he was undoing the knot we noticed it was ever so slightly stuck together.
The rope appears fully intact but it just has a couple slight rough patches on the sheath now.
Questions: Is this a common occurrence?
What are your opinions on the safety of that section of rope considering the figure of eight will be in roughly the same spot every time?
Should I consider trimming the metre or so off the end to get rid of it?
It's a dry cover rope and only about a month old but it's fairly chalky on the ends from tying in now. Would the chalk be increasing the friction on it enough to make a difference and would it be worth washing the ends to get a bit of the slipperyness back?
Pretty sure I had another thought but it seems to have escaped me for now.
Cheers.