General Climbing Discussion

Topic	Date	User
Double, twin or single rope ...?	18-May-2004 At 4:42:28 PM	Andrew_M
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While the topic of doubles is being discussed, I've got another question for the regular double rope users. I recently started using doubles and had a good sized fall (about 6-7m) onto a single double rope (the second rope didn't come into play). There was about 10-15m of rope out, so what's that, about a 0.5 fall factor. I wouldn't think about retiring a single rope after a fall like that, but doubles are only rated for 50kg(??) and I'm a hefty 90. I've been climbing on it since then and I don't feel unsafe, but then again I don't necessarily want to inflict my personal risk threshold decisions on partners, so any of you regular double-rope users have an opinion on this one? Cheers, Andrew

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