Mike Hopley
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I allowed a party of three cavers to use our ropes. We saw them come down the last pitch very fast: two "free fall" abseils on Stops with no braking krabs.
Three of our ropes are now badly glazed and burnt. Following an inspection, the ropes must be cut: they are clearly in the "terminal" category according to Beal's guidelines. We will be left with some short lengths.
I was trying to be helpful, and it's cost me something like ?150 -- 200. I won't make that mistake again.
The first photo shows an unaffected rope (top), and a burnt rope (bottom). You can see our ropes were in excellent condition until this.
I allowed a party of three cavers to use our ropes. We saw them come down the last pitch very fast: two "free fall" abseils on Stops with no braking krabs.
Three of our ropes are now badly glazed and burnt. Following an inspection, the ropes must be cut: they are clearly in the "terminal" category according to Beal's guidelines. We will be left with some short lengths.
I was trying to be helpful, and it's cost me something like ?150 -- 200. I won't make that mistake again.
The first photo shows an unaffected rope (top), and a burnt rope (bottom). You can see our ropes were in excellent condition until this.