RE: [Texascavers] Rope Recycle

2007-04-10 Thread Minton, Mark
Preston Forsythe said: >What we have done in the past in Mexico is simply give the old rope to someone >who could use it, especially someone with burros. We still do that. Did it at Christmas with three retired climbing ropes. Makes firends for life in poor mountain vilages. Caving ro

Re: [Texascavers] Rope Recycle

2007-04-08 Thread Preston Forsythe
What we have done in the past in Mexico is simply give the old rope to someone who could use it, especially someone with burros. I cut it into 20-30 lengths, so it cannot be used for climbing. If I have retired it I don't want someone else to climb on it. Old climbing rope is perfect for burro