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Climbing rope saving you when you're not climbing.

bentobox

9-Nov-2015
5:13:15 AM

THREE times this week, for some unknown reason, climbing rope has come in handy.

I live in Portland (USA. Not the lovely south west vic town ...) where everything gets stolen. I rode my bicycle to the store only to realise I didnt have my bike lock. For some reason I had some prussick cord in my jacket pocket which I used to tie the bike to a rack.

Came out, my bike was still there. However, my headlight that I left on had been stolen. I have no doubt in my mind that had my bike not been tied up with 1000 knots, it woulda been taken too.

Two other times:

When I went camping and forgot to take a dog leash, the cord came in handy then too.
When my friends car got rear-ended and I used the cord to tie the boot lid down to stop it flapping about.

Thank you bogong.

Capt_mulch

9-Nov-2015
7:27:34 AM

In the Solomon Islands, they just steal the rope. Lost one of my 8mm twins (being used to tie down a tarp over band equipment on the back of my truck) because it was just too tasty.

ajfclark

9-Nov-2015
7:54:10 AM

* I've towed a car with an old off cut from a climbing rope.
* I've tied stuff onto the trailer.
* I've built haul systems in the yard to move trees.
* I've improvised a leash for a stray dog.
* I've used off cuts as a long line for running the dogs (I've also used an old bit of slackline webbing for this too)

ambyeok

9-Nov-2015
12:45:25 PM

One time me and my wife couldn't find any stockings so we just grabbed some old climbing rope and... hang on, are there any kids on this forum?

Dr Nick

9-Nov-2015
4:33:40 PM

On 9/11/2015 ambyeok wrote:
>One time me and my wife couldn't find any stockings so we just grabbed
>some old climbing rope and... hang on, are there any kids on this forum?

You'll just have to explain what a fanbelt is as well. You were talking about a bodge repair to the car weren't you?

IdratherbeclimbingM9

10-Nov-2015
10:44:19 AM

On 9/11/2015 Capt_mulch wrote:
>In the Solomon Islands, they just steal the rope. Lost one of my 8mm twins
>(being used to tie down a tarp over band equipment on the back of my truck)
>because it was just too tasty.

They have big fish over there so an 8mm ought to be sufficient to reel them in...
;-)

Lotsa threads with snippets of alternative uses of climbing ropes on Chocky.
I once made a successful donkey fence out of a retired static caving rope, but this pales into insignificance besides mikl's mat weaving affairs to save getting dirt past the doors into his house.
;-)

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