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Shackles and the sheriff of Shipley 22-Apr-2011 At 12:00:23 PM aarond

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On 22/04/2011 davidn wrote:
>On 22/04/2011 aarond wrote:
>>unless your batmaning up the whole climb, top roping through the anchors
>>should put no more wear on the anchors than pulling you rope to retrieve
>>it after climbing it. maybe even less because the rope is running through
>>the anchors slower..
>
>A - what - 5 kg rope running over the anchors would make as much impact
>as an 85 kg weight running over the anchors?
>
>Here's a good test for you. Get a patch of carpet and run an 85 kg weight
>over it repeatedly. Then do the same with the 5kg weight, but faster.
> Let us know which one wears it down first.

i dunno about you but i cant actually lift an 85 kg body up a climb when belaying, i let the climber climb with their hands and feet to get up and only have to pull 5kgs of rope through.

like i said - unless your batmaning up a climb there's only the weight of the rope running through the anchors.