I took delivery of the first of a pair of new 60m ropes the other day. In the information pamphlet it said that you can loose up to 10% of the length of the rope with use!
Which got me thinking.
As I have access to a cordage meter I decided to measure it and unused it's 63m near enough exactly. I also measured an old rope that I bought as 50m x 10.5mm which is now 48.2m x fatter than 10.5mm.
> But crucially not always twice the distance from the middle mark to the end!
The second of the pair of ropes arrived yesterday and it seems that the mark is not quite in the middle, which I'll check on the cordage meter when I get chance.
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This week's Friday Night Video is a portrait of a prolific climbing photographer from Wedge Climbing. Sam Pratt is well known in both the outdoor and competition scene but if you haven't heard of him, you've likely seen...