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tncaver wrote:Actually dropping a rope down a deep drop (even in a bag) could cause damage to the rope. Not advisable.
Chads93GT wrote:Yelling rope and chucking the rope into the pit is very unsafe and very lazy.
Anonymous_Coward wrote:I have also heard when throwing a rigged rope down a deep pit, the end of the rope can whip at speeds approaching supersonic, creating forces that the rope was not designed to handle.
Scott McCrea wrote:So, this was not a good idea?
NZcaver wrote:Call be a skeptic... but really dude? Supersonic??
PeterFJohnson wrote:NZcaver wrote:Call be a skeptic... but really dude? Supersonic??
I have dropped a rope and seen it crack like a whip with no apparent damage to the rope. I didn't pull test it afterwards so I am not suggesting you try it, but just saying. It wasn't, however, in a cave.
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