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Rope - static v dynamic for top-roping and leading 31-Jan-2012 At 9:49:50 AM Olbert

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On 31/01/2012 bones wrote:
>On 30/01/2012 Olbert wrote:
>So with a dynamic
>>rope has a smaller acceleration, a, and the same mass, m, as a static
>rope.
>> The force, F, the falling object, and the anchor, experiences is therefore
>>smaller as well with a dynamic rope.
>>
>
>Ok, so Dan's original point, that retrieving stuck ropes could be slightly
>easier on static as you can apply more force to the anchor point, is correct?

Edit: think! Please think! Use that thing between your ears. That explanation was explaining what happens in a fall! Not when pulling a rope! I explained because Dan said some wrong stuff about static and dynamic ropes so I thought I would clear that up. Unless you take a lead style fall to try and get ropes unstuck this does not directly apply.

Have you read any of the previous comments?

Also you insert the word 'slightly', Dan didn't. He said that dynamic ropes are more likely to get stuck and was one of a set of good reasons to get a static for canyoning. If he thought 'slightly' he wouldn't have listed it as a reason.

I believe that the difference between pulling a dynamic and static rope would be negligible.

It's not a scientifically proven position but neither is the opposing position.

What more do you want?