All,
Never started a thread so hopefully this works right...
The suggestion was made on another thread to start one on old caving rope. I understand that such a thread was lost with the old board.
Anyway, I'm curious what experience people have with testing old caving ropes, how old were they and what did they fail at? I've always retired rope due to physical damage instead of age but having recently run across a 20 year old rope (which we did not use) I'm kind of curious what experiences people have had with older ropes. Gear manufacturers always seem to go for about a 5 year shelf life but I see a big incentive for them to recommend frequent replacement.
Thanks,
James Hunter