What we need is some rope...

[Blinky]

Just curious if anybody thinks you can ever have too much rope...

 

[MasterBlaster]

No, but....

You could have it a 'lil better hanked up!

 

[woodworkingboy]

The cat seems confused.

 

[brendonv]

Whoa, I'd be confused.

I like to KISS myself, two climb lines, three rigging, one Wraptor. Obvious retired hunks.

It'd take me longer to choose a rope in the morning than to drive to work if I had all those!

 

[pantheraba]

THAT is a beautiful sight...you are living large, Blinky!!!!

 

[kevin bingham]

I can never bear to throw away rope. Ive got miles and miles of rope some of it brand new with just a nasty nick right in the middle. I always tell myself I will put it to a higher purpose but mostly it just takes up space.

 

[Old Monkey]

That's not very much, Gary could use that in one tree.

 

[SkwerI]

Kevin, the best way to deal with nicked ropes is to just go ahead and cut them at the bad spot. Then find a use for the short rope. You'll never use it with the nick in it.

 

[pantheraba]

That's not very much, Gary could use that in one tree.

hahaha...been there, done that...this one had a high pucker factor...rope was my crutch. And 2 were belay/control ropes...still a LOT of rope.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

There is never enough rope..
Actually, Chip, looks like you might have just enough to fall back on another rope if something got nicked.

 

[Knotahippie]

Beatles lyrics?

"Rope is all you need."

Also, never lend a rope to Stevie Nicks.

 

[Bounce]

There have been plenty of times when I wished I had just a bit more rope, but I can't think of a single time when I thought I had too much.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

That is about quotable right there Sean......

Except when you have to wash it all

 

[lumberjack]

I think the most I ever had was ~8k'.

 

[sotc]

If I put all mine together I might have that much but it's never all in the same place!

Gary, I pictured another shot of a different tree when Darin said that, looked like you were spinning a web. One of your night ops trees

 

[pantheraba]

Here, go, Willie...A night-ops tree and a spiderweb tree with the Scouts.

Blinky, time for you to spin some webs, too.

 

[Blinky]

Besides all the cordage and slings the pic shows 3 rigging ropes, a 5:1, 1 static rope, 1 120' lifeline, 3 short (60' - 90') lifelines and one dynamic rock rope... there's a good bit more retired in the shed, I can never throw it away either. I hardly ever have it all in one spot so I had to snap a picture of it. I just like rope... go figure.

In the tree I usually have an ascent rope (if my TIP is above 60') plus the shortest lifeline I can get a way with plus rigging.
These are the best spider web pics I have...

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Dude - you have too much rope.

 

[Widow Shooter]

Dude - you have too much rope.

never....

 

[SkwerI]

The Canuck is back.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Figured he'd gone honey moon on us or something...

 

[sotc]

Thats the one

 

[RopeArmour]

Any piece of rope I have out of service goes for cabling trees together. Endless loop with triple fisherman and left slack and just designed to be there in case of failure.

 

[The Branch Doctor]

No such thing as too much rope! I mean, c'mon, we're arborists.... ropes play a part in almost everything we do!

It's like a fish saying it has too much water or a person saying they have too much money... haha yeah right!