Stefan just made me think of something. Since Sterling is offering a discount on new rope if you send your old one for recycling, maybe a bin could be set up at TCR to collect old ropes and be sent back to Sterling, people can leave their name and address if they want their discount sent to their place.
Thoughts? Nico On 10/11/07, Minton, Mark <mmin...@nmhu.edu> wrote: > > Nico said: > > >Own an old rope and don't know what to do with it? > > As was discussed here recently, an excellent thing to do with old > rope is to take it to Mexico and give it to the local farmers/ranchers in > your caving area. They _love_ getting old rope of any type (static or > dynamic) to use as leads for their animals and countless other uses. Even > rope that is totally worn out for caving or climbing is probably fine for > them. It is always extremely well received. (Tip: wait until the end of > your trip to give things away. Otherwise you may be inundated with requests > for handouts the entire time you're there. Also, if you leave entrances > rigged after giving away old rope, someone may decide that rigged rope was > forgotten/abandoned and take it!) > > Mark Minton >
