I recently got a rope from a local fire department that was not going to be used. It is a 1/2 inch CMC rescue rope. Its about 75 feet long. Now here is my question.
It is brand new. I just used it the other day for the first time. On a short drop maybe 40 feet. By the time i got to the bottom the sheath of the rope had slid down the core enough that it was causing the rope to kind of catch in my rack. Kind of like it had bumps in it. You could see that it was bunching up like it needed to be streached out. It may not really be a problem since the rope was new and had never been streached at all. On the other hand when i climbed back up I had no problems with it at all in fact I was quite impressed at the fact that it didnt bounce hardly at all like some ropes do. I have a bluewater rope I have used a few times that was given to me by a friend (it was also brand new when I got it). Other than being a little bouncy on climbing I have had no problems with it. And I have never noticed the sheath slipping on it. I am probably just worrying but i just wondered what any of you guys thought. I dont have a ton of vertical experience so this was something I have just never noticed before.
mike