True that, B. Especially when starting up the line. free floating in the air, untended.
You and the rope.
Mark Chisholm and Greg Liu are the smoothest rope-walkers that I know. They make it look effortless.
I'm not familiar with all the new ropes today. The specs keep changing. What's new?
Not that long ago, I recall, Bailey's had their own brand of double-braid rope called "Black Max". I think it was a "Buccaneer Rope" I swear, you could milk 2 to 3 feet out of that rope before it come...
You'll never gain full strength of a double braid rope with excess sheath. Be it for rigging or for climbing.
You can preempt most of the problems of the sheath bunching up simply by milking out the excess before you even use the rope.
Tie the rope to anything, and then pull on the sheath...
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