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Good stuff guys! Learning much. I’ll ascend and reset. That’s tomorrow’s fun though. But, this situation has me thinking about ropes in regard to friction, melting, and abrasion. Bark may abrade more while rope to rope friction would produce more heat? Rope on rope will not abrade itself but it...

I know what you mean. It bothered me enough to get down after 30’ ascent. The abandoned plan was deadwooding at 80’. It was a tight shot 100’ up so I wasn’t anxious to re shoot and work the bag. Happened during working the throw line.

I know many situations where crossed ropes is dangerous (rigging line burning through your climb line) or undesirable (harder to move in MRT) Is the situation depicted in the picture a safety concern in a SRT tree access scenario? The climber is the Prusik. Is the friction between both legs of...