Catch the rope, owed a beer.

[SouthSoundTree]

I was just wondering who know the rule about if you catch the end of the rope free falling from high in the tree, the other people you're working with owe you a beer, and if you catch the very end (no rope extending past you hand), they owe you a 6 pack.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Uhhhhhh.... never heard of it.

 

[RopeArmour]

Aye, if it be for Rum, I'm in.
Sounds like a Sailors game.

 

[SkwerI]

Sounds like a fun local custom. I had a big black guy working for me for a couple years, his rule was that if I ever fell out of the tree then I better be standing up before he got to me. Otherwise he was going straight for my wallet!

 

[Burnham]

Never heard that one, but in my climbing classes I tell the kids that if they can pull their rope free of the tie in and have it all fall into the ropebag, they get mucho style points .

I fear the rope grab trick is near impossible in trees of a size worth talking about . If you can do that off of a 100 foot rappel point, I'd pony up a bottle of 15 year old scotch!

 

[Paul B]

We should maybe remember that if we are ever at a gathering of forum members near trees with climbing ropes.

 

[Jed]

Sean: Never heard of it, and I'm from your neck of the woods. Sounds good though. I'll try to introduce it to the boys!

 

[SouthSoundTree]

Well, its a carry over from rock climbing. Maybe I'm trying to initiate a wider range for the custom. Eye pro suggested. You run the risk of getting whipped in the face and having a big red mark...but for free beer, why not. Rock climbing pitches are frequently set to be half a rope length, allow a rappel to the ground, so they do get to be close to the 100 foot range in places (60 meter ropes are normal these days).

You can start playing, I mean abiding by the rule, tomorrow.

 

[Burnham]

I expect a fella would be more likely to take a 3rd degree rope burn or break some hand bones than catch the tail, trying that from any significant height...but maybe a ninja could do it . I'm in for the scotch if it's a rope drop from a real tree.

 

[sotc]

Never heard of it but I usually try to catch the end. Pretty good at catching a set of rings right in the middle too

 

[canadiantreeman]

Hah, me too Willie. Who needs throwline?

Ha.

 

[Jed]

Hope someone'll at least get a lol out of this confession, but I run the risk of a secret thread designated for my derision.

Three weeks ago I was running ropes for my foreman who was in the middle of a super crap Big Leaf Maple removal. (House on one side. Huge, completely engulfing West. Red Cedar on the other--no good leads to bring anything down on without hanging everything up.) He was in the tree for a really long time, and needed some water, so I sent him up my one gallon (milk-container style) clear-plastic water jug. We--at this point--were in a super big hurry, it had about an inch and a half of water left in the bottom, but he didn't want to lower it down. Him: I'm just gonna throw it out in the yard--maybe only the top'll pop off. Me: (Not wanting my precious $1.25 jug to break) "Naw just throw it down to me, and I'll catch it." Him: "Naw Jed it'll kick your ass. I'm serious." Me: "Don't be a girl." He gave it a very gentle toss outward so that it came straight to me.....

I don't think that my stupid hands even slowed the descent of that thing at all, and it slapped em' so hard, I think they're still stinging. Hurt my shoulder a bit too. Inbred Jed in his element!

 

[Burnham]

Doh!

 

[pigwot]

It has been a long time since physics classes for me, so I'd expect Carl to jump in and correct any errors...

Water weighs about 8.34 pounds per gallon, so we'll say there is about a pound left in there, the container weight is negligible, and assume he's 40 feet up in the tree; acceleration due to gravity is 32 fett /sec/sec, so using F=ma gives us a force of 4.424 newton, which converts to 0.994 pounds force x 36* foot fall = 35.8 foot pounds as it hits your hands... *(You 'catch' it at about 4 feet from the ground)

So it would have felt something like 35 times as heavy as it passed through your hands...

 

[flushcut]

I was just wondering who know the rule about if you catch the end of the rope free falling from high in the tree, the other people you're working with owe you a beer, and if you catch the very end (no rope extending past you hand), they owe you a 6 pack.

I did that all the time when I was rock climbing, like you have said. I still do that but I have yet to get paid my beer.

 

[Bodean]

I took a girl on a date, So we climbed a Redwood tree.

At the bottom, after I pulled the line I caught the rope's tail.
She said the same thing about the beer.

 

[Bounce]

Yup, I learned about this while rock climbing, but I've never actually managed to win any beer doing it. It's almost impossible to catch the line in such a precise location when it's moving at such a high rate of speed. Plus my groundies are always pushing me to make sure I don't catch it, the cheaters.

 

[Burnham]

I dunno...I've been on the receiving end of the body whack the falling end of 100+ feet of rope can give you...I wouldn't choose to try to catch one, myself.

 

[stig]

I'd be afraid of spraining my wrist.

 

[sotc]

Sissies

 

[Ryan]

The climber dropping any gear whilst climbing should be buying beer.

 

[Bounce]

You're supposed untie the carabiner from the end first!

 

[Jed]

Thanks for the computation skills pigwot, but he was at about 60'!

 

[pigwot]

60 feet! Glad you weren't hurt more than the stinging... that's a lot of force.

 

[squisher]

Sissies

Heh they're old, they've got to be careful!


Lol.