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Gunkie
climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 8, 2005 - 10:15am PT
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I have one of those 'nylon safe' magic markers for marking the middle of a rope. It looks and smells just like a regular marker. Do regular 'Sharpie-like' markers damage climbing ropes/slings/harnesses? Does tape adhesive has any ill-effects on nylon products?
I'm not a chemist, but I gather there are some who post on this board that have good insight into what's safe and what's not safe to mark the middle of a climbing rope, slings, etc.
Thanks!
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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My personal opinion about the tape is that it is bad. Not for the chemical breakdown reasons, but for the getting a piece of balled up tape that is secured to your rope through a belay device. And once that thing starts moving around your going to have to cut it off anyway.
So at some point tape becomes a problem.
Don't most ropes made after the 1960s have a color difference right around the middle? Some kind of color change?
At least that's what I've observed.
By the way, I don't go anywhere near ropes. They cause problems like tangling. Have you been to China? They have the best puzzles...
Stick to bouldering and soloing (which is bouldering on a longer problem!)
$.02
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Southern Man
climber
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I read in R&I or climbing that recent tests with "rope marking pens" did indeed cause ropes to break in laboratory fall tests. Their recommendation was not to mark your rope with any marking pens until further tests could be conducted.
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ricardo
Gym climber
San Francisco, CA
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i usually will use a hot knife to mark the middle of my rope -- just a nick is enough
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maculated
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Fer cryin' out loud. Whip your rope with dental floss. It's a lot easier to see something white on typically dark colored ropes than black, and there's no debate about it affecting the rope one way or the other.
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Rhodo-Router
Trad climber
Otto, NC
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"Urine causes a 30% reduction in number of drops held."
Oh dear.
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jclimb
Trad climber
Durango, Co
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"Don't most ropes made after the 1960s have a color difference right around the middle? Some kind of color change?"
i'm assuming you are talking about regular colored ropes as opposed to bi-colored ropes. i've never noticed this color change myself. i'd have to imagine that if i've never noticed it on the number of ropes i've owned in the daylight, that it would be pretty difficult to notice at night, in the rain, in a hurry, etc.
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