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Otte Homan - remember Geordie

@s0 any mountain guide will tell you this is something to be highly ashamed of ;-)

1 October at 9:06 | Wall-to-wall | Open on theblower.au
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s0: Soldering Sorceress

@otte_homan I think rope is much more OK with twisting than cable or hose, at least that’s my guess. Definitely not the done thing there.

1 October at 9:08 | Open on cathode.church
Otte Homan - remember Geordie

@s0 ... depends. When you're using a guide rope to secure someone and you have to throw it out, basically over the edge of a cliff or a ridge, you don't want any twisting going on - that would lead to twists, curls and knots, and your rope would likely get stuck between the rocks and near impossible to pull back up if you needed to. Guides usually throw the rope over their head such that it lands on their shoulders, swapping between left hand and right hand as they go. That leads to what is basically a giant zigzag. At the end you wrap the last 2m or so around the middle, and pull a loop through and over it to secure it.
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@s0 ... depends. When you're using a guide rope to secure someone and you have to throw it out, basically over the edge of a cliff or a ridge, you don't want any twisting going on - that would lead to twists, curls and knots, and your rope would likely get stuck between the rocks and near impossible to pull back up if you needed to. Guides usually throw the rope over their head such that it lands on their shoulders, swapping between left hand and right hand as they go. That leads to what is basically...

1 October at 9:18 | Open on theblower.au
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