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Sean. I am NOT saying that the rope is not damaged by repeated shock loading. I was and am saying that the test is designed to standardize an extreme stress situation so it does not represent maximum useful life of a rope, rather a standard of comparison to other ropes and a minimum...

Sean, Actually I think that Nick is more correct than you....but what you say MAY occur. The real meaning of the fall ratings is almost univerally misunderstood, The ratings are based upon a standard test in which a dummy load is dropped into a specific length of slack line routed over a...

Jay, That qualifier at the end is superfluous and overly restrictive. The guy was nuts.

Ah, Greenhorn beat me to it. Moray if you don't know about Osman then you should read up. Stuff like 900 foot free falls.......ultimately to his death.