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top roping from rap anchors 5-Aug-2005 At 11:39:59 AM mpage

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A lot of people don't beleive that rope can wear down steel. A few months ago I was abused when I offered to lend a sling and locking krabs to a group of climbers who were top roping directly through rings. I probably would of left them alone if it was only one person going up, but their were 8 of them about to be hauled up this route by the 'experienced' guide that was with them. I've climbed the route that they are on a few times and even though the rings are only about three years old, you can notice the wear on them. When the next climber has hauled up the route and noticed the grooves in the rings they changed their minds about borrowing the gear pretty quickly.

You will probably find though that the one of the main causes of this is an experinced climber climbing with someone new to the sport. Experienced climber leads the climb and is not comfortable in the ability of the novice to thread the rope through without decking so they don't bother with the draws and just thread it themselves.