Does any one else reuse their retired ropes for the sheath?
I cut my old ropes down to about 4 foot pieces, and remove the core. Then I have tons of webbing that's about 9/16" wide.
I use it to make tie offs for walls, chalk bag belts, prussic loops, and bail webbing. I don't know how strong it is, but I have used it for work hoisting beams well in excess of 1200 lbs and it is plenty strong for that.
Just throwing it out there.

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Jesus, why do I even look at this site any more, much less post on it. Don't do it if you don't want to die....me, on the other hand, i will keep on using it. I have seen how strong it is, and am not scared one little bit.
I am not some new climber here. I have been climbing for way longer than you people who learned everything you know from the internet.
Do you even know what a tie off is used for on big walls? Do you realize Strerling stitches their sheaths into slings designed for friction knots?
Flame away safety geeks, then go discuss the best autoblocking belay device and how to rig a perfect 8 point anchor. Me, Im going climbing

well, you "threw it out there". my take on it is, if you got a job at mcdonalds and spent the same amount of time you could probably buy 5 miles of webbing. but, to each their own, i guess.

http://www.youtube.com/user/OutdoorAdventure100#p/u/1/t4jJTe>>>>>

1300 lb, eh? Not too shabby. What's webbing good to, ~4000 lb or so? I'll stick with webbing... Though I suppose it's worth knowing that you could use your rope sheath in an emergency, haha.

this makes me wonder though, if you could use rope sheath as an ascender, like a chinese-finger trap. I think I-ll go try it.

Not just a climbing rope sheath... a retired climbing rope sheath! Classic!
Uh... webbing is like pennies dude.

somewhat ironic: I made it about halfway through your second post and decided to say, "flame on Cota."

But you used the word "flame" yourself, accusing the SECOND post in the thread of flaming, which decidedly...it wasn't.

Cota...I do not want to climb with you. Who cares if you have experience. Maybe that is WHY you think you are entitled to be a jerk to people who are responding to your own thread.

Congrats on being arrogant. Hope that works out for you. (and I'm not even referring to your ill advised use of retired equipment in lifeline situations.)

I once used my shoelaces to lower off the last few meters to escape a sure disaster on the Eiger North Face,,,,, and then I was,,,oh no,, that was in a movie I saw,, or a book I read. Never mind.