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damaged 9mm rope analysis 3-Feb-2015 At 3:10:40 PM The good Dr
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On 3/02/2015 jprockbelly wrote:
>Interesting reading there, thanks all.
>
>I was recently told that there has never been a confirmed case of a rope
>breaking simply from the force of a fall. Although the evidence offered
>was this 15 year old article from the UIAA.
>
>http://theuiaa.org/upload_area/files/1/About_Ageing_of_Climbing_Ropes.pdf
>(must be read in a german accent)
>
>
>On 2/02/2015 The good Dr wrote:
>>Have seen a friends rope where the core mostly parted whilst being used
>>for abseiling.
>
>Yikes! That is scary. Was there any explanation as to why this happened?

Not sure. The rope had a flat spot, though what had caused this was unknown. The rope was also about 5 yrs old I believe and had seen plenty of action. It is likely that there was core damage. The rope was immediately retired and thrown away so I did not get a chance to grab it and inspect it thoroughly.

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