Climbing accident, Northwich, Cheshire

[kram]

Fair enough I was wrong.

Interesting article in the HSE link. Accident appears to be due to a rope snapping. The pictured rope appears to be an old climbing line rather than proper rigging rope, and that is not mentioned, just that he was unqualified.

 

 

[krummholz]

2 hours ago, kram said:

Fair enough I was wrong.

Interesting article in the HSE link. Accident appears to be due to a rope snapping. The pictured rope appears to be an old climbing line rather than proper rigging rope, and that is not mentioned, just that he was unqualified.

 

 

Nothing wrong with using an old climbing rope for rigging as long as it's given an appropriate SWL. I'm guessing that wasn't the case here though.

[kram]

Climbing rope is usually lower rated, ofcourse depends how big you are rigging. However the condition is important as I have seen many rigging on retired climbing rope, with saw cuts and excessive fraying that would not pass loler.

[Mick Dempsey]

Old climbing line is fine for light rigging, even the tail end of your  climbing line. 
I prefer polypropylene three strand, less stretchy. 
Which is what I was using today as it happens. 

Edited May 16 by Mick Dempsey

[Mick Dempsey]

57 minutes ago, kram said:

Climbing rope is usually lower rated, ofcourse depends how big you are rigging. However the condition is important as I have seen many rigging on retired climbing rope, with saw cuts and excessive fraying that would not pass loler.

Which is why it got retired. 

[Joe Newton]

It always amuses me when people retire climbing rope and put it into rigging, under the assumption that "it's never been shock loaded" is the only factor. 

 

I'll accept using old climb line as a tag rope, but rigging rope really isn't expensive. Why would you risk it?

[AHPP]

Bolam has written most eruditely on the subject recently. Along the lines of you retire it from climbing because it can’t be trusted to support a 100kg man and the next thing you know it’s catching 400kg lumps over a £20,000 conservatory.